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

Ara militaris is commonly known (its common name) as the Military Macaw in English. In French (Français), Ara militaris is commonly known as the Ara Militaire. In Spanish (Español), Ara militaris is commonly known as the Guacamayo Militar or Guacamayo Verde.

Ara militaris is classified as vulnerable 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 militaris'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 militaris is (Linnaeus, 1766) (IUCN Red List).

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

Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, Venezuela (IUCN Red List).

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

Major Habitat(s): 1.5 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Dry
1.6 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist
1.9 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane (IUCN Red List).

Range: Ara militaris occupies a massive but fragmented range from Mexico to Argentina. In Mexico, it occurs from central Sonora to Jalisco on the Pacific slope and east Nuevo Len to San Luis Potos on the Atlantic slope⁶. In Colombia, it is known from the Guajira Peninsula and Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta through the Sierras de Perij and de San Lucas, south along the East Andes, with local populations on the Pacific slope in Choc, the Cauca valley, the head of the Magdalena valley and in the Sierra de la Macarena^7,12. It is very local in north Venezuela, and occurs disjunctly in the east Andes of Ecuador, Peru (also in the ro Chinchipe drainage¹), Bolivia and north-west Argentina. It has been extirpated from many areas, especially in Mexico (west Chiapas along the Pacific slope to Guerrero, and perhaps as far north-west as Michoacn and Colima⁶) and Argentina (no records since 1991²), and is very local elsewhere. Populations in Mexico, Venezuela and Colombia face continuing threats, and further extirpations are expected. (IUCN Red List).

CONSERVATION STATUS

Red List Category & Criteria: Ara militaris is listed as VU A2cd+3cd ver 3.1 (2001) (IUCN Red List).

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

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

Red List Evaluator: The Red List Evaluator for Ara militaris is listed by IUCN as Wege, D. & Benstead, P. (BirdLife International Red List Authority) (IUCN Red List).

Red List Rational / Justification : Ara militaris is listed by IUCN for the following: This species is Vulnerable because levels of habitat loss and capture for the cage-bird trade indicate that there is a continuing rapid population decline. Its future ought to be secured by the large number of national parks in which it occurs, but many of these currently provide ineffective protection. (IUCN Red List).

Threats: 1.9 (Wikipedia).

Red List History: Ara militaris 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 militaris:

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., 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 Red List).

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

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