Great Green Macaw Ara ambiguus Scientific name definitions
- CR Critically Endangered
- Names (24)
- Subspecies (2)
Nigel Collar, Peter F. D. Boesman, and Christopher J. Sharpe
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated February 19, 2016
Text last updated February 19, 2016
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Голям зелен ара |
| Catalan | guacamai verd gros |
| Czech | ara zelený |
| Dutch | Buffonara |
| English | Great Green Macaw |
| English (United States) | Great Green Macaw |
| French | Ara de Buffon |
| French (France) | Ara de Buffon |
| German | Bechsteinara |
| Japanese | ヒワコンゴウインコ |
| Norwegian | gladiatorara |
| Polish | ara oliwkowa |
| Russian | Зелёный ара |
| Serbian | Velika zelena ara |
| Slovak | ara olivová |
| Spanish | Guacamayo Ambiguo |
| Spanish (Costa Rica) | Guacamayo Verde Mayor |
| Spanish (Ecuador) | Guacamayo Verde Mayor |
| Spanish (Honduras) | Guara Verde |
| Spanish (Panama) | Guacamaya Verde |
| Spanish (Spain) | Guacamayo ambiguo |
| Swedish | större soldatara |
| Turkish | Büyük Yeşil Ara |
| Ukrainian | Ара нікарагуанський |
Ara ambiguus (Bechstein, 1811)
PROTONYM:
Psittacus ambiguus
Bechstein, 1811. Johann Lathams allgemeine Uebersicht der Vögel aus dem Englischen übersetzt und mit Anmerkungen und Zusätzen versehen 4 1, p.65.
TYPE LOCALITY:
South America, ex Levaillant, Hist. Nat. Perroquets, 1, p. 15, pi. 6 = northwestern Colombia by designation of Chapman, Am. Mus. Novit., no. 205, 1925, p. 4.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- ARA
- ambigua / ambiguum / ambiguus
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Great Green Macaw
