From Opus

The species Cuban Macaw is extinct.

Ara tricolor

[edit] Identification

Extinct.

40-50cm.

• Brown red upperback, green scalloped feathers
• Brown, red, purple-blue wings
• Blue lower back, rump and undertail feathers
• Dark red uppertail, becoming blue at tip
• Red forehead becoming orange
• Yellow nape
• Orange face, chin, chest, abdomen and thighs
• Bare white skin around iris
• Yellow iris
• Dark brown bill
• Sexes alike

[edit] Distribution

Formerly Cuba and Isles of Pines. Possibly also Hispaniola, but this is unlikely (see this thread).

[edit] Taxonomy

Sometimes treated as two species, Cuban Macaw Ara cubensis and Hispaniolan Macaw Ara tricolor.

[edit] Habitat

Forests.

[edit] Behaviour

It nested in tree holes.

[edit] References

Wikipedia; BirdLife International

[edit] External Links