Red-fronted Macaw / Ara rubrogenys
Red-fronted Macaw
SCI Name:
Protonym: Ara rubro-genys Rev.Zool. 10 p.65
Taxonomy: Psittaciformes / Psittacidae / Ara
Taxonomy Code: refmac1
Type Locality: Bolivia.
Author: Lafresnaye
Publish Year: 1847
IUCN Status: Critically Endangered
DEFINITIONS
ARA
(Psittacidae; Ϯ Scarlet Macaw A. macao) Tupí onomatopoeia Ará for the macaws, but also used in combination to indicate bird (e.g. Araçarí, Araponga). Arára is a general name for parrots. "PREMIER GENRE. ARA. (Ara.) Le bec gros et convexe; la mandibule supérieure pointue, recourbée sur l'inférieure, et mobile; la langue épaisse, charnue et arrondie à son extrémité; une place dénuée de plumes sur chaque joue. ESPÈCES. 1. L'ara rouge. Ara Macao. XI, 250. 2. L'ara bleu. Ara ararauna. XI, 272. 3. L'ara verd. Ara severus. XI, 274. 4. L'ara noir. Ara ater. XI, 284. 5. Le petit ara rouge. Ara aracanga. XI, 259. 6. La perriche ara. Ara makawuanna. XI, 384." (de Lacépède 1799); "Ara Lacépède, Tableaux Ois., 1799, p. 1. Type, by subsequent designation, Psittacus macao Linné. (Ridgway, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., no. 50, pt. 7, 1916, p. 119.)" (Peters, 1937, III, p. 180).
Synon. Aracanga, Araclanga, Ararauna, Hemipsittacus, Macao, Macrocercus, Maracanus, Paracus.
rubrogenis / rubrogenys
L. ruber red; gena cheek (cf. Gr. γενυς genus, γενυος genuos chin, jaw).
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)