Spix's Macaw
Cyanopsitta spixii(Wagler, JG, 1832)
English (US) Spix's Macaw
The Spix's Macaw (Cyanopsitta spixii) 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: palm groves of northeastern Brazil (northern Bahia); on verge of extinctionRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Cyanopsitta spixii
- Order
- Psittaciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Extinct in the Wild
- English (US)
- Spix's Macaw
- Described by
- (Wagler, JG, 1832)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Sittace Spixii
- Described by
- (Wagler, JG, 1832)
- Type locality
- Based on Arara hyacinthinus Spix, not of Latham, type from Joazeiro, Rio Sao Francisco, Brazil.
- Original description
- Abhandlungen der Mathematisch-Physikalischen Klasse der Königlich Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften 1 p.675
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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