The Scarlet macaw (Ara macao) is a large Central and South American parrot, a member of a large group of Neotropical parrots called macaws. It is native to humid evergreen forests of the Neotropics. In some areas, it has suffered local extinction,...
The Blue-and-gold macaw (Ara ararauna) is a large South American parrot. It is a member of the large group of neotropical parrots known as macaws. These birds are popular in aviculture because of their striking color, ability to talk, ready...
The St. Croix macaw (Ara autocthones ) or Puerto Rican macaw, is an extinct species of macaw whose remains have been found on the Caribbean islands of St. Croix and Puerto Rico. It was described in 1937 based on a tibiotarsus leg bone unearthed from...
The Red-and-green macaw (Ara chloropterus) is a large parrot widespread in South America. However, in common with other macaws, in recent years there has been a marked decline in its numbers due to a number of serious threats.
The blue-throated macaw (Ara glaucogularis ; previously Ara caninde ), also known as the Caninde macaw or Wagler's macaw, is a macaw endemic to a small area of north-central Bolivia, known as Los Llanos de Moxos. In 2014 this species was designated...
The military macaw (Ara militaris ) is a large parrot and a medium-sized macaw that gets its name from its predominantly green plumage resembling a military parade uniform. It is native to forests of Mexico and South America and though considered...
The great green macaw (Ara ambiguus ), also known as Buffon's macaw or the great military macaw, is a Central and South American parrot found in Nicaragua, Honduras, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia and Ecuador. Two allopatric subspecies are recognized;...
The chestnut-fronted macaw or severe macaw (Ara severus ) is one of the largest of the mini-macaws. It reaches a size of around 45 cm (18 in) of which around half is the length of the tail.They can be found over a large part of Northern South...
The red-fronted macaw (Ara rubrogenys ) is a parrot endemic to a small semi-desert mountainous area of Bolivia. It is a critically endangered species; it has been successfully bred in captivity, and is available, if not common, as a pet. It is also...
The Martinique macaw or orange-bellied macaw (Ara martinicus ) is a hypothetical extinct species of macaw which may have been endemic to the Lesser Antillean island of Martinique, in the eastern Caribbean Sea. It was scientifically named by Walter...
The Jamaican red macaw (Ara gossei ) is a hypothetical species of parrot in the family Psittacidae that lived on Jamaica.
The red-headed macaw or Jamaican green-and-yellow macaw (Ara erythrocephala ) may have been a species of parrot in the family Psittacidae that lived in Jamaica, but its existence is hypothetical.
