Ara Ararauna Bird
Ara Ararauna Bird
English Name:
Latin Name:
Protonym: Psittacus Ararauna Syst.Nat.ed.10 p.96
Taxonomy: Psittaciformes / Psittacidae / Ara
Taxonomy Code: baymac
Type Locality: South America = Pernambuco, ex Marcgrave, Hellniayr, Abh. K. Bayer. Akad. Wiss., Kl. 2, 22, 1906, Abth. 3, p. 577.
Author: Linnaeus
Publish Year: 1758
IUCN Status: Least Concern
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.
ararauna
Tupí name Arára úna big dark parrot, for the Hyacinth Macaw; "44. PSITTACUS. ... Ararauna. 2. P. macrourus supra cæruleus, genis nudis; lineis plumosis. Psittacus cauda cuneiformi, temporibus nudis: lineis plumosis. Syst. nat. 18. Psittacus maximus cyano-croceus. Aldr. ornith. l. 11. c. 2. Will. ornith. 110. t. 15. Raj. av. 28. 181. Sloan. jam. 2. p. 296. Edv. av. 159. t. 159. Ararauna. Marcgr. bras. 206. Will. ornith. 111. Alb. av. 3. p. 10. t. 10. fem. & 2. p. 16. t. 17. mas. Habitat in America meridionali. Cærulea supra Collum, Dorsum, Alas, Caudam. Subtus Collo, Pectore, Abdomine, Cauda Lutea feminæ, s. Rubra Maris. Nigra Rostrum & Gula. Palpebræ serratæ papillis nigris. Tempora nuda, lineata punctis plumosis cæruleo-nigris." (Linnaeus 1758) (Ara).
Ararauna
(Psittacidae; syn. Ara † Blue-and-yellow Macaw A. ararauna) Specific name Psittacus ararauna Linnaeus, 1758; "2. MACROCERCUS, Vieill. ... b. Ararauna, Bp. — 4. Ararauna, Vieill. — Caninde, Wagl." (Bonaparte 1854); "Ararauna Bonaparte, 1854, Rev. Mag. Zool., sér. 2, VI, p. 149. Type, by subsequent designation and tautonymy (G. Gray, 1855, Cat. Genera Subgenera Birds Brit. Mus., p. 86), Psittacus ararauna Linnaeus, 1758." (JAJ 2020).
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)