blue-winged macaw, Illiger's macaw (Primolius maracana) Illiger's Macaw also called Blue-winged Macaw (Primolius maracana) at Iguaçu Bird Park, Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil. Photographed on 23 April 2003
Date 23 April 2003, 04:06:38
Source originally posted to Flickr as Ara maracana (Illiger's Macaw)
Author Arthur Chapman http://flickr.com/photos/32005048@N06
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Primolius_maracana_-Iguacu_Bird_Park-6.jpg
The blue-winged macaw (Primolius maracana), in aviculture more commonly known as Illiger's macaw, is a species of macaw found in central and eastern South America. It was previously placed in the genus Ara or Propyrrhura. Blue-winged macaws have been known to reach an age of 50–60 years.
Order: Psittaciformes
Superfamily: Psittacoidea
Family: Psittacidae
Subfamily: Arinae
Tribe: Arini
Genus: Primolius
Species: Primolius maracana Vieillot, 1816
