Meanings
plural blue-winged macaws
- A small macaw species, (Primolius maracana), native to South America
Illiger's Macaw [Blue-winged] Macaw
1973 October 29, Roger B. Clapp, Richard C. Banks, Birds Imported Into the United States in 1971 (Special Scientific Report – Wildlife; 170), Washington, D.C.: U.S. Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife, page 421 more example
Other species reported at times for southern Mato Grosso, including the […] blue-winged macaw or maracanã-verdadeira, Ara maracana (Vieillot, 1816), were not observed during the study and may be confined to the upland regions to the north of the Pantanal.
1998, Charles W. Heckman, “Aves” (chapter 8.13.4), in The Pantanal of Poconé: […], Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers, →ISBN, page 340Synonyms: Illiger's macaw
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA small macaw species, (Primolius maracana), native to South America
Translations
Dutch Illigers ara
- Illigers araPrimolius maracana
Portuguese maracanã-verdadeiro
- maracanã-verdadeiroPrimolius maracana
Russian красноспи́нный а́ра
- красноспи́нный а́ра (krasnospínnyj ára)Primolius maracana
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