What is Scarlet macaw?
{{Taxobox | name = Scarlet macaw | image = Ara macao -Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica-8.jpg | image_width = 300px | image_caption = '''Scarlet macaw''' ''(Ara macao)'' | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name=IUCN>{{IUCN|id=22685563 |title=''Ara macao'' |assessor=BirdLife International |assessor-link=BirdLife International |version=2013.2 |year=2012 |accessdate=26 November 2013}}</ref> | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | classis = '''Aves''' | ordo = [[Psittaciformes]] | familia = [[Psittacidae]] | subfamilia = [[Psittacinae]] | binomial = ''Ara macao'' | binomial_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], 1758 | range_map = Distribution Ara macao.svg | range_map_width = 230px | range_map_caption = {{legend|#aad782|border=1px solid #aaaaaa|Range of the scarlet macaw}} }} The '''scarlet [[macaw]]''' (''Ara macao'') is a [[type]] of [[parrot]]. It is native to [[humid]] [[evergreen]] forests of [[tropical]] [[South America]]. Its range is from south-eastern Mexico to Amazonian [[Peru]], [[Bolivia]], [[Venezuela]] and Br[[a]]zil in lowlands up to {{convert|500|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} (at least formerly) up to {{convert|1000|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}. 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]]. ==References== {{Reflist}} == Other websites == {{Commons|Ara macao|Scarlet macaw}} {{Wikispecies}} * [http://www.macaw-facts.com/species/red-macaw-scarlet-macaw-ara-macaw/ Scarlet Macaw] in-depth research article. * [http://www.macawproject.org/ Tambopata Macaw project] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120701134019/http://macawproject.org/ |date=2012-07-01 }} long term research project in south east Peru * [http://www.parrots.org/index.php/encyclopedia/profile/scarlet_macaw/ World Parrot Trust] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150629200931/http://www.parrots.org/index.php/encyclopedia/profile/scarlet_macaw |date=2015-06-29 }} Parrot Encyclopedia&nbs