Primolius

Taxobox
name = " Primolius "


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image_caption = Golden-collared Macaw
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Psittaciformes
familia = Psittacidae
tribus = Arini
genus = " Primolius "
genus_authority = Bonaparte, 1857
subdivision_ranks = species
subdivision = "P. couloni"
"P. maracana"
"P. auricollis"

"Primolius" is a genus of macaws comprising three species, which are native to South America. They are mainly green parrots with complex colouring including blues, reds and yellows. They have long tails, a large curved beak, and bare facial skin typical of macaws in general. They are less than 50 cm long, much smaller than the macaws of the Ara genus. Macaws less than about 50 cm long, including the "Primolius" genus, are sometimes called "mini-macaws".

Taxonomy

The genus has three monotypic species:cite web | url =http://www.zoonomen.net/avtax/psit.html |title = Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Psittaciformes (Version 9.004) |date =2008-07-05 |publisher = www.zoonomen.net ]

The "Primolius" genus, Bonaparte 1857:
*Blue-headed Macaw, "Primolius couloni", (Sclater,PL) 1876
*Blue-winged Macaw or Illiger's Macaw, "Primolius maracana", (Vieillot) 1816
*Golden-collared Macaw, "Primolius auricollis", (Cassin) 1853

pecies

ee also

*List of macaws

References