Military Macaw
Ara militaris(Linnaeus, C, 1766)
English (US) Military Macaw
The Military Macaw (Ara militaris) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Psittacidae (African and New World Parrots) in the order Psittaciformes.
- Scientific name
- Ara militaris
- Order
- Psittaciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- Military Macaw
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1766)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 3 subspecies for this species.
- Ara militaris mexicanus
- Ara militaris militaris
- Ara militaris bolivianus
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Psittacus militaris
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1766)
- Type locality
- No locality, Brabourne and Chubb, Bds. So. Am., 1912, p. 80, suggest Colombia.
- Original description
- Systema Naturæ. Editio duodecima reformata. Tomus I [part 1] p.139
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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