Species profile
Spix's Macaw
Cyanopsitta spixii
Quick answer
Sittace spixii Wagler, 1832 MZUT AV 14581; previously mounted; immature male; Brazil, Bahia, 1858; purchased from Parzudaki.
- Scientific name
- Cyanopsitta spixii
- Family
- Psittacidae
- Order
- Psittaciformes
- Genus
- Cyanopsitta
- Conservation status
- Extinct In The Wild
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- Aratinga hockingi (Aratinga hockingi)
- Aratinga pintoi (Aratinga pintoi)