''Primolius'' is a genus of
macaw
Macaws are a group of New World parrots that are long-tailed and often colorful. They are popular in aviculture or as companion parrots, although there are conservation concerns about several species in the wild.
Biology
Of the many differe ...
s comprising three species,
[ which are native to South America. They are mainly green ]parrots
Parrots, also known as psittacines (), are birds of the roughly 398 species in 92 genus (biology), genera comprising the order (biology), order Psittaciformes (), found mostly in tropics, tropical and subtropics, subtropical regions. The order ...
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
ARA may refer to:
Media and the arts
* American-Romanian Academy of Arts and Sciences
* '' Artistička Radna Akcija'', compilation album released in former Yugoslavia
* Associate of the Royal Academy, denoting membership in the British Royal Aca ...
'' genus. Macaws less than about 50 cm long, including the genus ''Primolius'', are sometimes called "mini-macaw
Mini-macaws are a loosely defined group of small-to-medium-sized macaw species within the Tribe (biology), tribe Arini (tribe), Arini. The term has no fixed taxonomic meaning and is principally used in aviculture to describe a small macaw belonging ...
s".
Taxonomy
The genus has three monotypic species:Blue-headed macaw
The blue-headed macaw or Coulon's macaw (''Primolius couloni'') is a macaw native to eastern Peru, northwestern Bolivia (mainly in Pando), and far western Brazil (in Acre). It has a total length of about 41 cm (16 in), making it a m ...
, ''Primolius couloni'' (Sclater PL, 1876)
* Blue-winged macaw or Illiger's macaw, ''Primolius maracana'' (Vieillot, 1816)
*Golden-collared macaw
The golden-collared macaw or yellow-collared macaw (''Primolius auricollis'') is a small mostly green Central South American parrot, a member of a large group of Neotropical parrots known as macaws. It has a bright yellow patch on the back of its ...
, ''Primolius auricollis'' (Cassin, 1853)
Species
See also
*List of macaws
The list of macaws includes 19 species of macaws including extinct and critically endangered species, and does not include several hypothetical extinct species that have been proposed based on very little evidence.
Species in taxonomic order
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References
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Bird genera
Arini (tribe)
Taxa named by Charles Lucien Bonaparte