Ara (genus)
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{{Taxobox
| name = '' Ara ''
| image = Scarlet Macaw and Blue-and-gold Macaw.jpg
| image_width = 200px
| image_caption = Blue-and-yellow Macaw on the left and Scarlet Macaw on the right
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]]
| classis = [[bird|Aves]]
| ordo = [[Psittaciformes]]
| familia = [[Psittacidae]]
| subfamilia = [[Psittacinae]]
| tribus = [[Neotropical parrots|Arini]]
| genus = ''''' Ara '''''
| genus_authority = [[Bernard Germain de Lacépède|Lacepede]], 1799
| subdivision_ranks = species
| subdivision =
''see text'' }}
'''''Ara''''' is a [[Neotropic ecozone|neotropical]] genus of [[macaw]]s comprising eight extant (surviving) species and six extinct species. Many of its members are popular in the pet trade, and bird smuggling is a threat to several species. The genus was defined by French naturalist [[Bernard Germain de Lacépède]] in 1799.
==Species==
===Extant (surviving)===
*[[Blue-and-yellow Macaw]], ''Ara ararauna''
*[[Blue-throated Macaw]], ''Ara glaucogularis''
*[[Military Macaw]], ''Ara militaris''
* Buffon's Macaw or [[Great Green Macaw]], ''Ara ambiguus''
*[[Scarlet Macaw]], ''Ara macao''
*[[Green-winged Macaw]], ''Ara chloroptera''
*[[Red-fronted Macaw]], ''Ara rubrogenys''
*[[Chestnut-fronted Macaw]] or Severe Macaw, ''Ara severa''
===Extinct===
*[[Dominican Green-and-yellow Macaw]], ''Ara atwoodi''
*[[Jamaican Green-and-yellow Macaw]], ''Ara erythrocephala''
*[[Jamaican Red Macaw]], ''Ara gossei''
*[[Lesser Antillean Macaw]], ''Ara guadeloupensis'' (extinct 1760)
*[[Cuban Red Macaw]], ''Ara tricolor''
*[[Saint Croix Macaw]], ''Ara autocthones''<ref name=forshaw>{{cite book | first= Joseph M.| last= Forshaw| coauthors= Cooper, William T.|year= 1981|origyear=1973, 1978|edition=corrected second edition| title= Parrots of the World|publisher=David & Charles, Newton Abbot, London|id=ISBN 0-7153-7698-5}}</ref>
==Species==
{| width = 98% class="wikitable"
! align="center" style="background-color: #D3D3A4" colspan ="4" |'''Surviving species'''
|-
! width = "21%" |Common and binomial names
! Photograph
! align="center" |Description
! width = "18%" |Range
|-
|[[Great Green Macaw]]<br>or Buffon's Macaw <br>(''Ara ambiguus'')
|<center>[[Image:Ara ambigua1.JPG|500x140px]]</center>
|Mostly green, red on forehead, green and blue wings
|South America
|- ''''
|[[Blue-and-yellow Macaw]]<br>or Blue-and-gold Macaw<br>(''Ara ararauna'')
|<center>[[Image:Macaw-jpatokal.jpg|500x140px]]</center>
|Blue back and yellow front, blue under chin
|South America
|-
|[[Green-winged Macaw]]<br>or Red-and-green Macaw<br>(''Ara chloroptera'')
|<center>[[Image:Ara chloropterus pair.jpg|500x140px]]</center>
|Mostly red, blue and green wings
|South America
|-
|[[Blue-throated Macaw]]<br>(''Ara glaucogularis'')
|<center>[[Image:Caninde.jpg|500x140px]]</center>
|Blue back and yellow front, blue throat
|South America
|-
|[[Scarlet Macaw]]<br>(''Ara macao'')
|<center>[[Image:Scarlet Macaw.jpg|500x140px]]</center>
|Mostly red with yellow and blue wings.
|South America
|-
|[[Military Macaw]]<br>(''Ara militaris'')
|<center>[[Image:Soldatenara-5848.jpg|500x140px]]</center>
|Mostly green, red forehead
|South America
|-
|[[Red-fronted Macaw]]<br>(''Ara rubrogenys'')
|<center>[[Image:Red-fronted Macaw Ara rubrogenys National Aviary 2112px.jpg|500x140px]]</center>
|Mostly green, red forehead, red at bend of wings
|South America
|-
|[[Chestnut-fronted Macaw]]<br>or Severe Macaw<br>(''Ara severa'')
|<center>[[Image:Chestnut-fronted Macaw (Ara severa) -Southwicks Zoo c.jpg|500x140px]]</center>
|Mostly green, chestnut forehead, red at bend of wings
|South America
|}
==References==
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