Blue-headed Macaw
Primolius couloni(Sclater, PL, 1876)
English (US) Blue-headed Macaw
The Blue-headed Macaw (Primolius couloni) 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: eastern Peru to northern Bolivia and far western BrazilRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Primolius couloni
- Order
- Psittaciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- Blue-headed Macaw
- Described by
- (Sclater, PL, 1876)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Ara couloni
- Described by
- (Sclater, PL, 1876)
- Type locality
- Eastern Peru.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1876, pt.1 p.255,fig.
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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