There are 19 species of macaws, including extinct and critically endangered species.[5] In addition, there are several hypothetical extinct species that have been proposed based on very little evidence.[6]
Anodorhynchus
Glaucous macaw, Anodorhynchus glaucus (critically endangered or extinct)
Hyacinth macaw, Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus
Indigo macaw or Lear's macaw, Anodorhynchus leari
Cyanopsitta
Little blue macaw or Spix's macaw, Cyanopsitta spixii (probably extinct in the wild)
Ara
Blue-and-yellow macaw or blue-and-gold macaw, Ara ararauna
Blue-throated macaw, Ara glaucogularis
Military macaw, Ara militaris
Great green macaw or Buffon's macaw, Ara ambiguus
Scarlet macaw or Aracanga, Ara macao
Red-and-green macaw or green-winged macaw, Ara chloropterus
Red-fronted macaw, Ara rubrogenys
Chestnut-fronted macaw or severe macaw, Ara severa
†Cuban red macaw, Ara tricolor (extinct)
†Saint Croix macaw, Ara autochthones[7] (extinct)
Orthopsittaca
Red-bellied macaw, Orthopsittaca manilata
Primolius
Blue-headed macaw, Primolius couloni
Blue-winged macaw or Illiger's macaw, Primolius maracana
Golden-collared macaw, Primolius auricollis
Diopsittaca
Red-shouldered macaw or Hahn's macaw, Diopsittaca nobilis
Hypothetical extinct speciesEdit
Several hypothetical extinct species of macaws have been postulated based on little evidence, and they may have been subspecies, or familiar parrots that were imported onto an island and later wrongly presumed to have a separate identity.[6]
Martinique macaw, Ara martinica, Rothschild 1905
Lesser Antillean macaw, Ara guadeloupensis, Clark, 1905
Jamaican green-and-yellow macaw, Ara erythrocephala, Rothschild 1905
Jamaican red macaw, Ara gossei, Rothschild 1905
Dominican green-and-yellow macaw, Ara atwoodi, Clark, 1905
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