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 EX    Cuban Macaw* Id (Atlas):
    Ara tricolor

Description (10)
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Family
Psittacidae (Parrots)

First Described (Guide)
Bechstein, 1811

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland and montane moist forest.

Range (Guide)
Isle of Pines and mainland Cuba. Possibly also Dominican Republic, Haiti.
 
Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Status EX
The last specimen collected in 1864, and the last reports in 1885. Extinction was due to hunting and the felling of nest trees to capture young birds for pets.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Subspecies
Cuban Macaw (Ara cubensis) and Cuban Macaw (Ara tricolor) (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) have been lumped into Ara tricolor following AOU (1998).

No subspecies.


References
See References.


Files:
JPG files for Cuban Macaw (Ara tricolor) - 10 files


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