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Ara spixii

Interesting Facts

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Taxonomy

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Domain: Eukaryota () - Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia () - C. Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
  - Subkingdom: Bilateria () - (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
    - Branch: Deuterostomia () - Grobben, 1908
      - Infrakingdom: Chordonia () - (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
        Phylum: Chordata () - Bateson, 1885 - Chordates
        Subphylum: Vertebrata () - Cuvier, 1812 - Vertebrates
        Infraphylum: Gnathostomata () - auct. - Jawed Vertebrates
        Superclass: Tetrapoda () - Goodrich, 1930
        Class: Aves () - Linnaeus, 1758
        Subclass: Avialae () - Gauthier, 1986
        Infraclass: Aves () - (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
        Cohort: Neognathae () - Pycraft, 1900
        Superorder: Psittacimorphae () - Huxley, 1867
        Order: Psittaciformes () - Wagler, 1830
        Family: Psittacidae () - Illiger, 1811
        Subfamily: Psittacinae ()
        Tribe: Arini ()
        Genus: Ara () - de Lacépède, 1799
        Specific name: spixii
        Scientific name: - Ara spixii

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Ara

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 29 species and subspecies in this genus:

A. ambigua (Great Green Macaw) · A. ambigua ambigua (Great Green Macaw) · A. ambiguus (Great Green Macaw) · (Blue and Gold Macaw) · A. atwoodi (Bahia Rufous-Vented Ground-Cuckoo) · A. auricollis (Golden-Collared Macaw) · A. autocthones (Brown-Backed Parrotlet) · A. caninde (Wagler's Macaw) · A. chloroptera (Red and Green Macaw) · A. chloropterus (Red and Green Macaw) · A. couloni (Blue-Headed Macaw) · A. cubensis (Cuban Macaw) · A. erythrocephala (Jamaican Green-And-Yellow Macaw) · A. glaucogularis (Blue-Throated Macaw) · A. gossei (Yellow-Headed Macaw) · A. guadeloupensis (Lesser Antillean Macaw) · A. macao (Scarlet Macaw) · A. macao macao (Scarlet Macaw) · A. manilata (Red-Bellied Macaw) · A. maracana (Blue-Winged Macaw) · A. militaris (Military Macaw) · A. militaris militaris (Military Macaw) · A. nobilis (Red-Shouldered Macaw) · A. nobilis nobilis (Red-Shouldered Macaw) · A. rubrogenys (Red-Fronted Macaw) · A. severa (Chestnut-Fronted Macaw) · A. severa severa (Chestnut-Fronted Macaw) · A. severus (Chestnut-Fronted Macaw) · A. tricolor (Hispaniolan Macaw)

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Further Reading

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Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. London, 1874-98. url p. 150.
Check-list of birds of the world. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1931-1987. url p. 183.

Notes

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Contributors

Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 9, 2012.

Identifiers

Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 21291
Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 17438548
Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2221916

Last Revised: 2012-07-24