Species profile
Red-and-green Macaw
Ara chloropterus
Quick answer
eastern Panama south, east of the Andes, to Bolivia, Brazil, and Paraguay; formerly also northeastern Argentina
- Scientific name
- Ara chloropterus
- Family
- Psittacidae
- Order
- Psittaciformes
- Genus
- Ara
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
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Related species in Psittacidae
- Alexandrine parakeet (Psittacula eupatria)
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- Amazonian Parrotlet (Nannopsittaca dachilleae)
- Andean Parakeet (Bolborhynchus orbygnesius)
- Anodorhynchus maximiliani (Anodorhynchus maximiliani)
- Antipodes Parakeet (Cyanoramphus unicolor)
- Aratinga hockingi (Aratinga hockingi)
- Aratinga pintoi (Aratinga pintoi)