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Ara is a Neotropical genus of macaws with eight extant species and at least two extinct species. [2] The genus name was coined by French naturalist Bernard Germain de Lacépède in 1799. It gives its name to and is part of the Arini, or tribe of Neotropical parrots .
Ara ararauna – MHNT 20-day-old blue-and-gold macaw. The blue-and-yellow macaw generally mates for life. They nest almost exclusively in dead palms and most nests are in Mauritia flexuosa palms. The female typically lays two or three eggs. The female incubates the eggs for about 28 days.
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 severus †Cuban red macaw, Ara tricolor (extinct) †Saint Croix macaw, Ara ...
The red-and-green macaw (Ara chloropterus), also known as the green-winged macaw, [2] is a large, mostly-red macaw of the genus Ara.It is popular in aviculture, and is the second most commonly kept macaw species after the Blue and Yellow.
The scarlet macaw (Ara macao) also called the red-and-yellow macaw, red-and-blue macaw or red-breasted macaw, is a large yellow, red and blue Neotropical parrot native to humid evergreen forests of the Americas.
The great green macaw belongs to the genus Ara, which includes other large parrots, such as the scarlet macaw, the military macaw, and the blue-and-yellow macaw. [6]This bird was first described and illustrated in 1801 by the French naturalist François Le Vaillant for his Histoire Naturelle Des Perroquets under the name "le grand Ara militaire", using a skin deposited at the Muséum national ...
Here’s what you might not know about the country’s top five most commonly sighted backyard birds, according to 2015 to 2021 data from Project FeederWatch, a November to April survey of birds ...
The military macaw (Ara militaris) is a medium- to large-sized macaw, named after its green and red plumage vaguely resembling a military uniform. It is native from west-central Mexico south through northern Argentina and Bolivia .