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Ara ambiguus  (Bechstein, 1811)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 714033

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Ara ambigua (Bechstein, 1811)
  
    Psittacus ambiguus Bechstein, 1811
  
  Common Name(s): Ara de Buffon [French]
  
    Guacamayo ambiguo [Spanish]
  
    arara-militar-grande [Portuguese]
  
    Great Green Macaw [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassAves  – Birds, oiseaux  
                         OrderPsittaciformes  – Parrots, perroquets  
                            FamilyPsittacidae  – Macaws, Parrots, aras, perroquets  
                               GenusAra Lacépède, 1799  
                                  SpeciesAra ambiguus (Bechstein, 1811) – Ara de Buffon, Guacamayo ambiguo, arara-militar-grande, Great Green Macaw  
    Direct Children:  
                                     Subspecies Ara ambiguus ambiguus (Bechstein, 1811)  
                                     Subspecies Ara ambiguus guayaquilensis Chapman, 1925  
       

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  Source: AOU Check-List (07-2006), website (version Jul-2006)  
  Acquired: 2006   
  Notes: American Ornithologists' Union's "LIST OF THE 2,041 BIRD SPECIES (WITH SCIENTIFIC AND ENGLISH NAMES) KNOWN FROM THE A.O.U. CHECK-LIST AREA" (AOU Check-list, 7th edition, updated with Supplements 42-47), maintained at http://www.aou.org/   
  Reference for: Ara ambiguus, Great Green Macaw [English]   
       
  Source: eBird/Clements Checklist (2021), database (version 2021)  
  Acquired: 2021   
  Notes: Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2021. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2021. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/   
  Reference for: Ara ambiguus   
       
  Source: HBW and BirdLife Int. v.6 (2021), database (version 6)  
  Acquired: 2022   
  Notes: HBW and BirdLife International (2021) Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International digital checklist of the birds of the world. Version 6. Available at: http://datazone.birdlife.org/userfiles/file/Species/Taxonomy/HBW-BirdLife_Checklist_v6_Dec21.zip   
  Reference for: Ara ambiguus   
       
  Source: IOC World Bird List (v 13.2), website (version 13.2), website (version 13.2)  
  Acquired: 2023   
  Notes: Gill, Frank, David Donsker & Pamela Rasmussen, eds. 2023. IOC World Bird List (v 13.2). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org [Accessed 03 November, 2023]   
  Reference for: Ara ambiguus, Great Green Macaw [English]   
       
  Source: Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource, 2020.06.09, website (version 09-Jun-20)  
  Acquired: 2020   
  Notes: "Zoonomen Nomenclatural data" maintained by Alan P. Peterson at http://www.zoonomen.net   
  Reference for: Ara ambiguus   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): American Ornithologists' Union  
  Publication Date: 2004   
  Article/Chapter Title: Forty-fifth supplement to the American Ornithologists' Union Check-list of North American birds   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: The Auk, vol. 121, no. 3   
  Page(s): 985-995   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0004-8038   
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  Reference for: Ara ambiguus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Dickinson, E. C., and L. Christidis, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2014   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, 4th Edition, Vol. 2 Passerines   
  Page(s): lii + 752   
  Publisher: Aves Press   
  Publication Place: Eastbourne, UK   
  ISBN/ISSN: 9780956861122   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Ara ambiguus, Great Green Macaw [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Dickinson, Edward C., ed.  
  Publication Date: 2003   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, 3rd edition   
  Page(s): 1039   
  Publisher: Princeton University Press   
  Publication Place: Princeton, New Jersey, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-691-11701-2   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Ara ambiguus, Great Green Macaw [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Gill, Frank, and Minturn Wright  
  Publication Date: 2006   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Birds of the World: Recommended English Names   
  Page(s): ix + 259   
  Publisher: Princeton University Press   
  Publication Place: Princeton, New Jersey, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-691-12827-8   
  Notes: Includes a CD-ROM with the full dataset   
  Reference for: Ara ambiguus, Great Green Macaw [English]   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Middle America  
    South America  
       
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