Question

What kind of birds are macaws?

Answer 1

List of macaws

The list of macaws includes 19 species of macaws including extinct and critically endangered species,[1] and does not include several hypothetical extinct species that have been proposed based on very little evidence.[2]

Species in taxonomic order

Anodorhynchus

The three well-established species in the genus Anodorhynchus are monotypic:[1]

Species

Common and binomial names[1] Image Description Range

Glaucous macaw

(Anodorhynchus glaucus)

70 cm (27.5 in) long, mostly pale turquoise-blue with a large greyish head. It has a long tail and a large bill. It has a yellow, bare eye-ring and half-moon-shaped lappets bordering the mandible.[3] South America

(probably extinct)

Hyacinth macaw

or hyacinthine macaw

(Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus)

100 cm (39 in) long, 120-140 cm (48-56 in) wingspan. It is almost entirely blue and has black under the wings. It has a large black beak with bright yellow along the sides of the lower part of the beak and also yellow eyerings.[4] South America