Cuba Macaw
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Cuban Macaw ( Ara tricolor ) |
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The three-colored or Cuban macaw ( Ara tricolor ) is an extinct species of bird from the genus of the real macaws ( Ara ) within the family of real parrots (Psittacidae). Its size was about 50 to 60 centimeters.
Around 1800 the three-colored macaw was still relatively common on Cuba and the Isla de Pinos . The rapid settlement and heavy agricultural use of the island led to the extinction of the species within a very short time. The last open-air sighting was in the Zapata swamp in 1864. The last Cuba macaw probably died in 1885. In various scientific collections, including Berlin and Dresden the hides of this bird.
From 1760 a couple was kept in the menagerie of the imperial Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna.
literature
- Joseph Michael Forshaw: Parrots of the World . Princeton University Press, Princeton 2006, ISBN 978-0-691-09251-5 .
- Dieter Hoppe : Macaws . Ulmer, Stuttgart 1983, ISBN 3-8001-7081-7 .
- Werner Lantermann: Macaws. Müller, Walsrode 1983, ISBN 3-923269-11-0 .
- Tony Juniper, Michael Parr: Parrots. Pica, Robertsbridge 1998, ISBN 1-873403-40-2 .
- Lars Lepperhoff: Macaws. Ulmer, Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 3-8001-3821-2 .
- Lionel Walter Rothschild: Extinct Birds London 1907
Web links
- Ara tricolor in the Red List of Threatened Species of the IUCN 2008. Posted by: BirdLife International, 2008. Accessed January 2 of 2009.
- 3D view of a bellows from Leiden University