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Diopsittaca

Red-shouldered macaw
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Hahn's macaw (D. n. nobilis)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Psittaciformes
Superfamily: Psittacoidea
Family: Psittacidae
Subfamily: Arinae
Tribe: Arini
Genus: Diopsittaca
Ridgway, 1912
Species: D. nobilis
Binomial name
Diopsittaca nobilis
Linnaeus, 1758
Subspecies

D. n. cumanensis (Lichtenstein 1823)
D. n. longipennis Neumann 1931
D. n. nobilis (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Distribution across South America
Synonyms

Ara nobilis


D. n. cumanensis (Lichtenstein 1823)
D. n. longipennis Neumann 1931
D. n. nobilis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Ara nobilis

The red-shouldered macaw (Diopsittaca nobilis) is a small green South American parrot, a member of a large group of Neotropical parrots called macaws. The species is named for the red coverts on its wings. It is the smallest macaw, being 30–35 cm (12–14 in) in length. It is native to the tropical lowlands, savannah, and swamplands of Venezuela, the Guianas, Bolivia, Brazil, and far south-eastern Peru. It has two distinct subspecies, the noble macaw and the Hahn's macaw, and a possible poorly distinct third subspecies that has longer wings, but is otherwise similar to the noble macaw. Red-shouldered macaws are frequently bred in captivity for the pet trade, where they are sometimes described as mini-macaws.

Though wild populations of red-shouldered macaws have declined locally due to habitat loss, they are listed as Least Concern by IUCN. They are listed on Appendix II of CITES, trade restricted.

The red-shouldered macaw (Diopsittaca nobilis, Linnaeus, 1758) is a member of the monotypic genus Diopsittaca (Ridgway 1912), one of 6 genera of Central and South American macaws. There are two distinct subspecies, D. n. nobilis (Hahn's macaw) and D. n. cumanensis (noble macaw), and some with longer wings might represent a poorly differentiated subspecies, D. n. longipennis, which intergrades with D. n. cumanensis in central Goiás, Brazil. Previously the red-shouldered macaw was included in the genus Ara.


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