Ara erythrocephala

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	AVES	PSITTACIFORMES	PSITTACIDAE

Scientific Name:

Ara erythrocephala

Species Authority:

Gosse, 1847

Common Name/s:

English

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Jamaican Green-and-yellow Macaw

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Extinct ver 3.1

Year Assessed:

2008

Assessor/s:

BirdLife International

Reviewer/s:

Bird, J., Butchart, S.

History:

2004	–	Extinct
2000	–	Extinct
1994	–	Extinct
1988	–	Extinct

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Ara erythrocephala was described by Gosse in 1847 as occurring in the mountains of Trelawny and St Anne's, Jamaica, based on a bird "procured by Mr White, proprietor of the Oxford Estate"1. It is thought to have become extinct in the early 19th century.

Range Description:

Ara erythrocephala was described by Gosse in 1847 as occurring in the mountains of Trelawny and St Anne's, Jamaica, based on a bird "procured by Mr White, proprietor of the Oxford Estate"1. It is thought to have become extinct in the early 19th century.

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	It was described by Gosse as occurring in the mountains, presumably in forest.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	It was presumably hunted to extinction.

Major Threat(s):

It was presumably hunted to extinction.

Citation:	BirdLife International 2008. Ara erythrocephala. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 09 February 2012.
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