Red-bellied Macaw / Orthopsittaca manilatus
WBN 
Red-bellied Macaw
SCI Name:
Protonym: Psittacus manilatus TablePlanchesEnlum. p.52
Taxonomy: Psittaciformes / Psittacidae / Orthopsittaca
Taxonomy Code: rebmac2
Type Locality: Cayenne, ex Daubenton, pi. 864.
Author: Boddaert
Publish Year: 1783
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
ORTHOPSITTACA
(Psittacidae; Ϯ Red-bellied Macaw O. manilata) Gr. ορθος orthos straight; ψιττακη psittakē parrot; “Orthopsittaca gen. nov. Type, Psittacus manilatus Boddaert (P. makawaunna Gmelin). Differing from Ara Cuvier in relatively much smaller bill, with culmen very slightly if at all longer than outer hind toe with claw; anterior lateral outline of cere straight or very faintly concave, without convexity in front of nostril; excision of mandibular tomium deep and narrow; corrugations on palatal surface of maxillary unguis obsolete, and sides of forehead naked. (Oρθος, straight; ψιττακη, a parrot.)” (Ridgway 1912).
manilata / manilatus
L. manus hand; latus broad, wide (cf. manicatus long-sleeved < manicae sleeves).
● ex “Perruche-Ara de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 864, and “Perriche-Ara” of de Buffon 1770-1785 (Orthopsittaca).
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: 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)
