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Ara ararauna
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Ara ararauna
Species Authority: The species authority, or the name(s) of scientist(s) or person(s) who first described
Ara ararauna is
(Linnaeus, 1758) (IUCN Red List).
Summary:
Binomial name Ara ararauna
(Linnaeus, 1758)
The Blue-and-yellow Macaw (Ara ararauna), also known as Blue-and-gold Macaw, is a member of the macaw group of parrots which breeds in the swampy forests of tropical South America from Panama south to Brazil, Bolivia and Paraguay. It is probably now extinct on Trinidad. Blue-and-yellow Macaws at Combe Martin Wildlife and Dinosaur Park, North Devon, England They can reach 76-86 cm long and weigh 900 to 1300 g and are vivid in appearance with blue wings and tail, golden (some might say, "butterscotch") underparts and a green cap on the head. Their beaks are jet black and very strong for crushing nuts. (Wikipedia).
Country Distribution:
Ara ararauna is found in the following countries:
Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico [int], Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela (IUCN Red List).
Biome(s)/Ecosystem(s): IUCN lists the following as biomes for
Ara ararauna:
Terrestrial (IUCN Red List).
Major Habitat(s):
1.5
Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Dry
1.6
Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist
1.8
Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Swamp
(IUCN Red List).
Range:
This species has a large range, with an estimated global Extent of Occurrence of 7,800,000 km. The global population size has not been quantified, but it is believed to be large as the species is described as "common" in at least parts of its range (del Hoyo et al. 1997). Global population trends have not been quantified, but the species is not believed to approach the thresholds for the population decline criterion of the IUCN Red List (i.e. declining more than 30% in ten years or three generations). For these reasons, the species is evaluated as Least Concern. Note, however, that this species has been heavily traded: since 1981, when it was listed on CITES Appendix II, 55,531 wild-caught individuals have been recorded in international trade (UNEP-WCMC CITES Trade Database, January 2005). (IUCN Red List).
CONSERVATION STATUS
Red List Category & Criteria:
Ara ararauna is listed as
LC ver 3.1 (2001) (IUCN Red List).
Year Assessed:
Ara ararauna's status was assessed in
2004 (IUCN Red List).
Assessor:
Ara ararauna's Red List status was evaluated by
BirdLife International (IUCN Red List).
Red List Evaluator: The Red List Evaluator for
Ara ararauna is listed by IUCN as
Ekstrom, J. & Butchart, S. (BirdLife International Red List Authority) (IUCN Red List).
Red List Rational / Justification :
Ara ararauna is listed by IUCN for the following:
This species has a large range, with an estimated global extent of occurrence of 7,800,000 km. The global population size has not been quantified, but it is believed to be large as the species is described as 'common' in at least parts of its range (del Hoyo et al. 1997). Global population trends have not been quantified, but the species is not believed to approach the thresholds for the population decline criterion of the IUCN Red List (i.e., declining more than 30% in ten years or three generations). For these reasons, the species is evaluated as Least Concern. (IUCN Red List).
Red List History:
Ara ararauna was listed on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species in
1988 (IUCN Red List).
Data Sources for IUCN data: The following is a list of citations from the IUCN web site for
Ara ararauna:
Citations listed by IUCN
Bird Reference Citations. The numbers inserted in the text accounts above (usually in bold) refer to references. For further details on these references, click on the BirdLife International link above to go to the specific species account on the BirdLife web site. In some cases, particularly in the taxonomic notes, the references are cited using the author names. Details for these can be found on the BirdLife International web site at the following two places:
For References from A–L.
For References from M–Z. BirdLife International. 2000. Threatened Birds of the World. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, U.K. BirdLife International. 2004 Threatened Birds of the World 2004. CD-ROM. BirdLife International, Cambridge, U.K. (IUCN Red List).
References: Wikipedia lists the following as references for
Ara ararauna:
BirdLife International (2004). Ara ararauna. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 11 May 2006. Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern Birds of Venezuela by Steven L. Hilty, ISBN 0-7136-6418-5 Birds of Trinidad and Tobago by ffrench, ISBN 0-7136-6759-1 My Parrot, My Friend by Doane and Qualkinbush, Macmillan, 1994 ISBN 0-87605-970-1 (Wikipedia).
Links:
IUCN Red List Profile for Ara ararauna (IUCN Red List).
UPDATE: OPERATION LION HEART Three years later - Oct 12, 2006
San Francisco Chronicle, ...to do. He cuts carrots with an electric carving knife into bite-size pieces for his year-old, blue and yellow macaw, Zoe. He's learning ...
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