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Cuban Macaw
Plate 1 of 5. Creator:John Gerrard Keulemans, no known copyright restrictions (public domain) · via iNaturalist
IUCN EX · Extinct

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Cuban Macaw

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Cuban Macaw

Ara tricolor

The Cuban macaw or Cuban red macaw (Ara tricolor) was a species of macaw native to the main island of Cuba and the nearby Isla de la Juventud that became extinct in the late 19th century. Its relationship with other macaws in the genus Ara is uncertain, but it may have been closely related to the scarlet macaw, which has some similarities in appearance. It may also have been closely related, or identical, to the hypothetical...

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 19023.