Parrots (Psittacidae)
Scarlet Macaw (Ara macao) - HBW 4, p. 421
French: Ara rouge
German: Arakanga
Spanish: Guacamayo Macao
Taxonomy: Psittacus Macao Linnaeus, 1758, South America.
Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- cyanoptera Wiedenfeld, 1995 - SE Mexico to Nicaragua.
- macao (Linnaeus, 1758) - Costa Rica, Panama and N & E Colombia (recent record from Nariño), E through Venezuela and the Guianas to C Brazil, and S to E Ecuador, E Peru and NE Bolivia.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Two adults in tree calling and preening Locality Chiquibul National Park, Cayo District, Belize (ssp cyanoptera)
Wayne Hall 14 March 2010 1 year ago 1 min 54 sec 4 -
A bird perched on a branch, looking around. Locality Las Cuevas Research Station, Belize (ssp cyanoptera)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 3 August 2005 4 years ago 22 sec 3.7 -
A bird perched on branch, looking down. Locality Las Cuevas Research Station, Belize (ssp cyanoptera)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 3 August 2005 4 years ago 17 sec 3.6 -
A bird in a cecropia tree Locality Junglaven, Ventuari River, Amazonas State, Venezuela (ssp macao)
Josep del Hoyo 16 September 2002 8 years ago 32 sec 3.6 -
Two adults foraging. Locality Tárcoles, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica (ssp macao)
Alex García · Videoaves 8 July 2010 1 year ago 27 sec 3.5 -
Several birds at the colpa together with Blue-and-yellow and Red-and-green Macaws Locality Tambopata Research Center, Tambopata National Park, Madre de Dios Department, Peru (ssp macao)
Stefan Behrens 2004 5 years ago 35 sec 3.5
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A couple of Scarlet Macaws over Corcovado Beach.
Locality Corcovado National Park, Osa Canton, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica
Aat Bender 26 January 2009 1 year ago 4.5 -
Adult
Locality Mato Grosso State, Brazil
valdir hobus 17 July 2011 21 weeks ago 4.2 -
Birds eating clay from the ruins
Locality Copán Department, Honduras (ssp cyanoptera)
Santiago Imberti 19 October 2006 30 weeks ago 3.7 -
A bird sitting on a tree stump mimicking people walking by.
Locality San Diego Zoo, San Diego, San Diego County, California, USA (United States)
Lebanese26 30 July 2007 3 years ago 3.7 -
Several birds.
Locality Puebla State, Mexico (Northern) (ssp Ara militaris)
Luigi.eagle 1 January 2007 2 years ago 3.4 -
Individual perched in tree.
Locality Napo River, Orellana Province, Ecuador
Miriam Bauman 31 December 2009 1 year ago 3.3
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Calls from a pair flying overhead. Locality Carara National Park, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica
(ssp macao)
Scott Olmstead 6 February 2010 1 year ago 4
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