Scarlet macaw
Scarlet macaw (Ara macao)
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Class:	Aves
Order:	Psittaciformes
Family:	Psittacidae
Subfamily:	Psittacinae
Binomial name
Ara macao Linnaeus, 1758
Range of the scarlet macaw

The scarlet macaw (Ara macao) is a type of parrot. It is native to humid evergreen forests of tropical South America.

Its range is from south-eastern Mexico to Amazonian Peru, Bolivia, Venezuela and Brazil in lowlands up to 500 m (1,640 ft) (at least formerly) up to 1,000 m (3,281 ft). It has suffered from local extinction through habitat destruction and capture for the parrot trade, but locally it remains fairly common. It is the national bird of Honduras. view more...