Chestnut-fronted Macaw
Ara severus(Linnaeus, C, 1758)
English (US) Chestnut-fronted Macaw
The Chestnut-fronted Macaw (Ara severus) 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: tropical eastern Panama to the Guianas, northern Bolivia, and Amazonian BrazilRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Ara severus
- Order
- Psittaciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Chestnut-fronted Macaw
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1758)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Psittacus severus
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1758)
- Type locality
- Indies, error, Amazon River substituted by Hellmayr, antea, p. 578.
- Original description
- Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1 p.97
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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