Ara guadeloupensis

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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 – Lesser Antillean Macaw

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Extinct     ver 3.1
Year Published:	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.
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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.

Bibliography [top]

Clark, A. H. 1905. The Lesser Antillean macaws. The Auk 22: 266-273. Rothschild, W. 1905. Notes on extinct parrots from the West Indies. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 16: 13-15.