Ara (genus) 4955826 226068326 2008-07-16T18:09:13Z Snowmanradio 626138 /* Species */ affects presentation on wider screens {{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== {{reflist}} [[Category:Genera of birds]] [[Category:Ara]] [[bg:Ара]] [[da:Ara]] [[de:Eigentliche Aras]] [[et:Aara]] [[es:Ara (género)]] [[eo:Arao]] [[fr:Ara (genre)]] [[it:Ara (genere)]] [[he:ארה]] [[lt:Aros]] [[nah:Cochotl]] [[nl:Ara (geslacht)]] [[pl:Ara (ptak)]] [[pt:Ara (género)]] [[qu:Wakamayu]] [[ru:Ара (род)]] [[sk:Ara (rod)]] [[sl:Ara]] [[sv:Aror]] [[uk:Арара]]