Ara glaucogularis is a chordate, or more specifically a bird, in the Psittacidae family.

Ara glaucogularis is commonly known (its common name) as the Blue-Throated Macaw in English. In French (Français), Ara glaucogularis is commonly known as the Ara Canindé or Ara À Gorge Bleue. In Spanish (Español), Ara glaucogularis is commonly known as the Guacamayo Amarillo or Guacamayo Barbazul or Guacamayo Caninde.

Ara glaucogularis is classified as critically endangered by the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, the world's most comprehensive inventory of the global conservation status of plant and animal species maintained by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. Ara glaucogularis's population trend was decreasing at last assessment, meaning its numbers are declining in the wild.

Species Authority: The species authority, or the name(s) of scientist(s) or person(s) who first described Ara glaucogularis is Dabbene, 1921 (IUCN Red List).

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Country Distribution: Ara glaucogularis is found in the following countries:

Bolivia (IUCN Red List).

Biome(s)/Ecosystem(s): IUCN lists the following as biomes for Ara glaucogularis: Terrestrial (IUCN Red List).

Major Habitat(s): 1.6 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist
2.2 Savanna - Moist (IUCN Red List).

Range: Ara glaucogularis is known from the Llanos de Mojos in north Bolivia, being concentrated east of the upper ro Mamor, Beni^1,6, where the wild population was discovered in 1992. Recent population and range estimates inferred c.120 birds in a range of 8,600 km, with 36 individuals in one recent count⁷. A subsequent survey indicates that declines are probably still occurring⁸. An estimated 1,200 or more wild-caught birds were exported from Bolivia during the 1980s, suggesting that the population was formerly much higher⁶. (IUCN Red List).

CONSERVATION STATUS

Red List Category & Criteria: Ara glaucogularis is listed as CR C2a(i) ver 3.1 (2001) (IUCN Red List).

Year Assessed: Ara glaucogularis's status was assessed in 2004 (IUCN Red List).

Assessor: Ara glaucogularis's Red List status was evaluated by BirdLife International (IUCN Red List).

Red List Evaluator: The Red List Evaluator for Ara glaucogularis is listed by IUCN as Benstead, P. & Pople, R. (BirdLife International Red List Authority) (IUCN Red List).

Red List Rational / Justification : Ara glaucogularis is listed by IUCN for the following: This species qualifies as Critically Endangered because its population is extremely small and each isolated subpopulation is probably tiny and declining as a result of illegal trade. (IUCN Red List).

Threats: 1.3.3.1 (Wikipedia).

Red List History: Ara glaucogularis 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 glaucogularis:

Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. (compilers and editors) 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.

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.

Collar, N.J. and Andrew, P. 1988. Birds to Watch. The ICBP World Checklist of Threatened Birds. ICBP Technical Publication No. 8. Page Bros. (Norwich) Ltd, Norfolk, England.

Collar, N.J., Crosby, M.J. and Stattersfield, A.J. 1994. Birds to Watch 2. The World List of Threatened Birds BirdLife International. Page Bros (Norwich) Ltd, U.K.

IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre. 1986. 1986 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

IUCN. 1990. 1990 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

(IUCN Red List).

Links: IUCN Red List Profile for Ara glaucogularis (IUCN Red List).

References: Wikipedia lists the following as references for Ara glaucogularis:
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