Lesser Antillean Macaw

Taxobox
name = Lesser Antillean Macaw
status = EX | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia


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image_caption = Shown are three Guadeloupe Amazons (above), one Guadeloupe Macaw (middle) as well as several seabirds and a seaturtle
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Psittaciformes
familia = Psittacidae
subfamilia = Psittacinae
tribus = Arini
genus = "Ara"
species = "A. guadeloupensis"
binomial = "Ara guadeloupensis"
binomial_authority = (Clark [ [http://elibrary.unm.edu/sora/Auk/v051n03/p0377-p0377.pdf Note on the Guadeloupe Macaw (Ara guadeloupensis)] ] , 1905)The Lesser Antillean Macaw [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/40144/all IUCN Redlist - Ara guadeloupensis] ] ("Ara guadeloupensis") also known as Guadeloupe Macaw is an extinct macaw species from the Antilles island of Guadeloupe. It was first described in detail by Jean-Baptiste Du Tertre in 1654 and 1657 and later in 1742 by Jean Baptiste Labat. This species was similar coloured like the Scarlet Macaw, however, it was smaller with a red tail and yellow wing patches. The Lesser Antillean Macaw was endemic to the islands of Guadeloupe and Martinique which belong to the Lesser Antilles.

Rothschild distinguished two different macaws, the Mythical MacawGreenway, James (1967): Extinct and Vanishing Birds of the World, pp 314-315] ("Ara (sic!) purpurascens") and the Martinique Yellow and Blue Macaw ("Anadorhynchus (sic!) martinicus") (Syn: "Ara erythrura"Greenway, James (1967): Extinct and Vanishing Birds of the World, pp 314-315] , "Ara martinica")Greenway, James (1967): Extinct and Vanishing Birds of the World, pp 314-315] . Today it is barely identifiable whether these species really differ. By 1760 the Lesser Antillean Macaw was extremely rare and shortly after it became extinct.

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*IUCN2006|assessors=BirdLife International|year=2004|id=40144|title="Ara guadeloupensis"|downloaded=18 May 2007