Cuban macaw
The Cuban macaw or Cuban red macaw (Ara tricolor) was an extinct species of macaw in the genus Ara.
| Cuban macaw | |
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| Watercolour painting by Jacques Barraband, ca. 1800 | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Order: | Psittaciformes |
| Family: | Psittacidae |
| Genus: | Ara |
| Species: | †A. tricolor
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| Binomial name | |
| Ara tricolor (Bechstein, 1811)
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| Former distribution in Cuba, including Isla de la Juventud[1] | |
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Cuban Macaw Media
Study skin in Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin, one of 19 specimens in existence
Painting of either a Cuban macaw imported to Jamaica, or the hypothetical Gosse's macaw, if that species is distinct, by L. J. Robins, 1765
1801 plate based on Barrabrand's painting
Turnaround video of specimen RMNH.110095 at Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden
Fruits of the chinaberry tree
Zapata Swamp, 2009; the Cuban macaw lived in the area
1765 illustration by François-Nicolas Martinet
Painting by Philip Reinagle showing a Cuban macaw among other birds
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 BirdLife International. 'Ara tricolor'. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012 (2012)IUCN. Retrieved 26 November 2013.