| 2009 IUCN Red List Category (as evaluated by BirdLife International - the official Red List Authority for birds for IUCN): Extinct Family/Sub-family Psittacidae Species name author Bechstein, 1811 Taxonomic source(s) AOU checklist (1998 + supplements), Brooks (2000) Taxonomic note Ara cubensis and A. tricolor (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) have been lumped into A. tricolor following AOU (1998).
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Summary Ara tricolor was endemic to the Isle of Pines and mainland Cuba, and probably also Hispaniola (Haiti and the Dominican Republic)5. The last specimen collected in 18641, and the last reports in 18853. At least 19 specimens exist4. Macaws are known from numerous historical accounts from Hispaniola, but all specimens are now apparently lost6. Ritter, writing in 1836, was the last to record birds, in 18206. Presumably, the species was hunted to extinction there in the early 19th century6.
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Ecology: It inhabited forest, requiring trees with large holes for nesting purposes.
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Threats Its extinction was caused by hunting for food and felling of nesting trees to capture young birds for pets2.
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References 1. Bangs and Zappey (1905). 2. Forshaw and Cooper (1989). 3. Lack (1976). 4. Moreno (1992). 5. Walters (1995). 6. Wetherbee (1985).
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Text account compilers Tom Brooks (Conservation International), Simon Mahood (BirdLife International) |
IUCN Red List evaluators Jeremy Bird (BirdLife International), Tom Brooks (Conservation International), Stuart Butchart (BirdLife International), Alison Stattersfield (BirdLife International) |
| Recommended citation BirdLife International (2009) Species factsheet: Ara tricolor. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 9/2/2010 |
This information is based upon, and updates, the information published in BirdLife International (2000) Threatened birds of the world. Barcelona and Cambridge, UK: Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, BirdLife International (2004) Threatened birds of the world 2004 CD-ROM and BirdLife International (2008) Threatened birds of the world 2008 CD-ROM. These sources provide the information for species accounts for the birds on the IUCN Red List. To provide new information to update this factsheet or to correct any errors, please email BirdLife To contribute to discussions on the evaluation of the IUCN Red List status of Globally Threatened Birds, please visit BirdLife's Globally Threatened Bird Forums |
