Ara guadeloupensis

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 guadeloupensis

Species Authority:

Clark, 1905

Common Name/s:

English

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Lesser Antillean 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 guadeloupensis was described in detail by Du Tertre in 1654 and 1677, and by Labat in 1742, amongst others, but no specimens exist¹. It was endemic to Guadeloupe (to France) and Martinique (to France)¹. It was rare by 1760¹, and presumably became extinct soon after.

Range Description:

Ara guadeloupensis was described in detail by Du Tertre in 1654 and 1677, and by Labat in 1742, amongst others, but no specimens exist¹. It was endemic to Guadeloupe (to France) and Martinique (to France)¹. It was rare by 1760¹, and presumably became extinct soon after.

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	Nothing is known, though it is likely to have been typical of the genus.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Birds were heavily hunted and trapped and this is likely to have caused its extinction.

Major Threat(s):

Birds were heavily hunted and trapped and this is likely to have caused its extinction.

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