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Spix's macaw is the only known species of the genus Cyanopsitta.The genus name is derived from the Ancient Greek kuanos meaning "blue" and psittakos meaning "parrot". [6] The species name spixii is a Latinized form of the surname "von Spix", hence Cyanopsitta spixii means "blue parrot of Spix". [6]
Great green macaw or Buffon's macaw (Ara ambiguus) 85–90 cm (33–36 in) long. Mostly green, red on forehead, green and blue wings [10] Central and South America, from Honduras to Ecuador: Blue-and-yellow macaw or blue-and-gold macaw (Ara ararauna) 80–90 cm (31.5–35.5 in) long. Mostly blue back and yellow front. Blue chin and green forehead.
Little blue macaw or Spix's macaw, Cyanopsitta spixii (probably extinct in the wild) From L to R: scarlet macaw, blue-and-yellow macaw, and military macaw Blue-and-yellow macaw (left) and blue-throated macaw (right) Ara. Blue-and-yellow macaw or blue-and-gold macaw, Ara ararauna; Blue-throated macaw, Ara glaucogularis; Military macaw, Ara militaris
All Spix’s macaws are majestically blue in the blazing sun of Brazil's Northeast, but each bird is distinct to Candice and Cromwell Purchase. As the parrots soar squawking past their home, the ...
Spix's macaw: C. spixii (Wagler, 1832) j EW: Central eastern Brazil Genus Orthopsittaca Ridgway, 1912 – one species Common name Scientific name IUCN Red List Status
It also contains the largest flighted parrot in the world, the hyacinth macaw. Some species, such as the blue-and-yellow macaw and sun conure are popular pet parrots. Molecular studies have dated the divergence of the Arini tribe from the ancestral neotropical parrots to late in the Paleogene period about 30–35 million years ago.
Diopsittaca – red-shouldered macaw; Guaruba – golden parakeet; Conuropsis – Carolina parakeet ; Cyanopsitta – Spix's macaw (extinct in the wild) Orthopsittaca – red-bellied macaw; Ara – true macaws (eight living species, and at least one recently extinct) Primolius – some of the mini-macaws (three species, previously called ...
Jojo Porowski took in a green-winged macaw when its owner died, sparking an unlikely two-decade relationship Bloomington shared. Owner mourns loss of Charlie Bird, Bloomington's green-winged macaw ...