Macaw

Macaw
A blue-and-yellow macaw (Ara ararauna)
A blue-and-yellow macaw (Ara ararauna)
Scientific classificationEdit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Psittaciformes
Family: Psittacidae
Subfamily: Arinae
Tribe: Arini
Groups included

Anodorhynchus
Ara
Cyanopsitta
Primolius
Orthopsittaca
Diopsittaca

Macaws are a group of New World parrots that are long-tailed and often colorful, in the tribe Arini.[1] They are popular in aviculture or as companion parrots, although there are conservation concerns about several species in the wild.

  1. ^ "macaw". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)