Ara Macao Bird

English Name:  Scarlet Macaw
Latin Name:  Ara macao
Protonym:  Psittacus Macao Syst.Nat.ed.10 p.96
Taxonomy:  Psittaciformes / Psittacidae / Ara
Taxonomy Code:  scamac1
Type Locality:  South America.
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.

macao
Brazilian Portuguese name Macao for the Scarlet and Red-and-green Macaws.
● "44. PSITTACUS.  ...  Macao.  1. P. macrourus ruber, remigibus supra cæruleis, subtus rufis, genis nudis rogosis.  Psittacus cauda cuneiformi, temporibus nudis rugosis. Syst. nat. 18.  Psittacus maximus alter. Aldr. ornith. l. 11. c. 3. Will. ornith. 73. Raj. av. 29. Alb. av. I. p. 11. t. 11. Edv. av. 158. t. 158.  Psittacus erythrocyaneus. Gesn. av. 721.  Araracanga. Marcgr. bras. 206.  Habitat in America meridionali.  Corpus magnitudine Gallinæ, coccineum. Rostri maxilla superior alba; inferior nigra. Tempora nuda, alba, rugosa. Remiges imprimis exteriores cæruleæ: tectricibus pluribus luteis. Cauda cuneiformis, longissinma. Rectrices rubræ, lateralibus cæruleis." (Linnaeus 1758) (Ara).
● ex “Red and Blue Maccaw” of Latham 1781, and “Ara macao” of Levaillant 1801 (syn. Ara chloropterus).

Macao
(syn. Ara Ϯ Blue-and-yellow Macaw A. ararauna) Brazilian Portuguese name Macao for the larger macaws; "Macaw, (Macao.)   Blue Macaw  Macao splendidus." (Woods 1836).

SUBSPECIES

Scarlet Macaw (cyanopterus)
Latin Name: Ara macao cyanopterus
cyanopterus
Gr. κυανοπτερος kuanopteros  blue-winged, dark-winged  < κυανος kuanos  dark-blue; -πτερος -pteros  -winged  < πτερον pteron  wing.
● ex “Petite perruche du Cap de Bonne Espérance” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 455, fig. 1, and “Perruche aux ailes bleues” of de Buffon 1770-1783 (syn. Forpus passerinus).

Scarlet Macaw (macao)
Latin Name: Ara macao macao
macao
Brazilian Portuguese name Macao for the Scarlet and Red-and-green Macaws.
● "44. PSITTACUS.  ...  Macao.  1. P. macrourus ruber, remigibus supra cæruleis, subtus rufis, genis nudis rogosis.  Psittacus cauda cuneiformi, temporibus nudis rugosis. Syst. nat. 18.  Psittacus maximus alter. Aldr. ornith. l. 11. c. 3. Will. ornith. 73. Raj. av. 29. Alb. av. I. p. 11. t. 11. Edv. av. 158. t. 158.  Psittacus erythrocyaneus. Gesn. av. 721.  Araracanga. Marcgr. bras. 206.  Habitat in America meridionali.  Corpus magnitudine Gallinæ, coccineum. Rostri maxilla superior alba; inferior nigra. Tempora nuda, alba, rugosa. Remiges imprimis exteriores cæruleæ: tectricibus pluribus luteis. Cauda cuneiformis, longissinma. Rectrices rubræ, lateralibus cæruleis." (Linnaeus 1758) (Ara).
● ex “Red and Blue Maccaw” of Latham 1781, and “Ara macao” of Levaillant 1801 (syn. Ara chloropterus).