Red-fronted Macaw
Ara rubrogenysde Lafresnaye, NFAA, 1847
English (US) Red-fronted Macaw
The Red-fronted Macaw (Ara rubrogenys) 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.
Range: Andean valleys of central BoliviaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Ara rubrogenys
- Order
- Psittaciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Critically Endangered
- English (US)
- Red-fronted Macaw
- Described by
- de Lafresnaye, NFAA, 1847
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Ara rubro-genys
- Described by
- de Lafresnaye, NFAA, 1847
- Type locality
- Bolivia.
- Original description
- Revue Zoologique, par la Société Cuvierienne 10 p.65
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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