Scarlet macaw: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the scarlet macaw lives – recorded in 11 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Ara macao
Group	Parrots
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	11 countries
Continents	North America, South America
Diet (main food)	nut, nectar, fruit, seed, flower
Class	Bird
Order	Psittaciformes
Family	Psittacidae

Where does the scarlet macaw live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the scarlet macaw in 11 countries and territories across North America and South America. Wikidata gives its range as: Belém, Brazil, South America.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

What does a scarlet macaw eat?

Wikidata lists the main food source of the scarlet macaw as: nut, nectar, fruit, seed, flower.

Is the scarlet macaw endangered?

The scarlet macaw’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the scarlet macaw?

The scarlet macaw (Ara macao) is a bird in the order Psittaciformes and the family Psittacidae, genus Ara. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the scarlet macaw

The scarlet macaw (Ara macao) also called the red-and-yellow macaw, red-and-blue macaw or red-breasted macaw, is a large yellow, green, red and blue Neotropical parrot native to humid evergreen forests of the Americas. Its range extends from southeastern Mexico to Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Bolivia, Venezuela, Honduras, and Brazil in lowlands of 500 m (1,600 ft) (at least formerly) up to 1,000 m (3,300 ft), the Caribbean island of Trinidad, as well as the Pacific island of Coiba. Formerly, the northern extent of its range included southern Tamaulipas. In some areas, it has suffered local extinction because of habitat destruction, or capture for the parrot trade, but in other areas, it remains fairly common. It is the national bird of Honduras. Like its relative the blue-and-yellow macaw, the scarlet macaw is a popular bird in aviculture as a result of its striking plumage. It is the third most common macaw species in captivity after the blue-and-yellow and red-and-green macaw respectively. In recent years it has become much rarer in captivity and much more expensive due to stricter laws, its price being higher than even red-and-green macaws.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Scarlet macaw (revision 1379302842), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q243761 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).