Scarlet macaw

The scarlet macaw (Ara macao) is a type of parrot. It is native to humid evergreen forests of tropical South America.

Scarlet macaw
Scarlet macaw (Ara macao)
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Class:	Aves
Order:	Psittaciformes
Family:	Psittacidae
Subfamily:	Psittacinae
Binomial name
Ara macao Linnaeus, 1758
Range of the scarlet macaw

Its range is from south-eastern Mexico to Amazonian Peru, Bolivia, Venezuela and Brazil in lowlands up to 500 m (1,640 ft) (at least formerly) up to 1,000 m (3,281 ft). It has suffered from local extinction through habitat destruction and capture for the parrot trade, but locally it remains fairly common. It is the national bird of Honduras.