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Scarlet macaw
A. m. cyanopterus Copan, Honduras
At Oklahoma City Zoo and Botanical Garden
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
CITES Appendix I (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Aves
Order:
Psittaciformes
Family:
Psittacidae
Genus:
Ara
Species:
A. macao
Binomial name
Ara macao
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Extant distribution of the scarlet macaw
Synonyms
Psittacus macaoLinnaeus, 1758
Copan, Honduras
The scarlet macaw (Ara macao) is a large yellow, red and blue Neotropical parrot native to humid evergreen forests of the Americas. Its range extends from southeastern Mexico to Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Bolivia, Venezuela and Brazil in lowlands of 500 m (1,600 ft) (at least formerly) up to 1,000 m (3,300 ft), the Caribbean island of Trinidad, as well as the Pacific island of Coiba.[1] Formerly, the northern extent of its range included southern Tamaulipas. In some areas, it has suffered local extinction because of habitat destruction, or capture for the parrot trade, but in other areas, it remains fairly common. It is the national bird of Honduras. Like its relative the blue-and-yellow macaw, the scarlet macaw is a popular bird in aviculture as a result of its striking plumage.
^ abBirdLife International (2022). "Ara macao". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T22685563A163778999. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
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