Red iridescent blue macaw
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Red iridescent blue macaw ( Anodorhynchus purpurascens ) Fig. From Extinct Birds / Rothschild |
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The purple macaw ( Anodorhynchus purpurascens ), also known as the red iridescent blue macaw, is a hypothetical species of the New World parrots . If the species ever existed, it was extinct as early as the early 19th century.
Initial description
Anodorhynchus purpurascens was born in 1905 by Walter Rothschild on the IV. Int. Ornith. Congress, London, Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club ( Bulletin BOC , pages 191-217) and published in 1907 in his work Extinct Birds , page 55, figure 13.
Rothschild's scientific naming and the naming of the distribution area Guadeloupe is based on the information in a travel report by Don de Navarette (also: Don de Navaret).
There is no type specimen.
Remarks
Don de Navarette mentions the occurrence of the Purpurara ( Anodorhynchus purpurascens ) in his travelogue Rel. Quat. Voyage Christoph Colombe , page 425 pl. II of 1838. Navarette reports of "le gros Perroquet de la Guadaloupe" ("the great parrot of Guadaloupe") and he also states that the islanders would refer to the predominantly blue-colored parrot as Oné couli .
It was only on the basis of this information that Walter Rothschild scientifically named and described this mysterious parrot. In his representation ( Extinct Birds , 1907) he shows a blue macaw , which resembles the Lear's macaw ( Anodorhynchus leari ).
In the records of previous travelers, e.g. B. Bouton (1640), Du Tertre (1654 and 1667–1671) and Labat (1722–1742) are reminded of the presence of three parrot species each on the islands of Dominica , Martinique and Guadeloupe - an Amazon, a parakeet and a macaw . In retrospect, ornithologists clearly identified the macaw species occurring there (e.g. Clark, 1905; Rothschild, 1907) as members of the genus Ara . Accordingly, species of the genus Anodorhynchus did not occur on the islands of the Lesser and Greater Antilles. Anodorhynchus purpurascens is a hypothetical species.
literature
- Bouton, PJ, 1640: Relation de l'établissement des Français depuis l'an 1635 en l'isle de la Martinique. Paris.
- Clark, AH, 1905: The Lesser Antillien Macaws. Auk, XXII, 266-273.
- Du Tertre, Père JB, 1654: Histoire générale des îles Saint-Christophe, de la Guadeloupe, de la Martinique et autres de l'Amérique. Paris.
- Du Tertre, Père JB, 1667–1671: Histoire Générale des Antilles habitués par les François Tome IIème. 4 volumes, (birds, volume 2). Paris.
- Greenway Jr., JC, 1967: Extinct and vanishing birds of the world. Dover Publ. Inc. , New York.
- Hoppe, D., 1983: Aras. Ulmer Verlag , Stuttgart.
- Labat, J.-B., 1722–1742: Nouveau voyage aux isles de l'Amérique, contenant l'histoire naturelle de ces pays - l'origine, les moeurs, la religion et le gouvernement des habitants anciens et modern, les guerres et les évènements singuliers qui y sont arrivez & le commerce et les manufactures qui y sont établies. 6 volumes. Paris.
- Peters, JL, 1937: Check-List of Birds of the World, Vol. III . Harvard University Press , Cambridge.
- Rothschild, LW, 1905: Notes on extinct parrots from the West Indies. Bull. Brit. Ornith. Club 16: pp. 13-15. HDH.
- Rothschild, LW; 1907: Extinct Birds. Hutchinson & Co. , London.