Military Macaw Ara militaris Scientific name definitions
- VU Vulnerable
- Names (21)
- Subspecies (3)
Nigel Collar, Peter F. D. Boesman, and Christopher J. Sharpe
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated October 20, 2015
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated October 20, 2015
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Зелен ара |
| Dutch | Soldatenara |
| English (United States) | Military Macaw |
| French | Ara militaire |
| German | Soldatenara |
| Japanese | ミドリコンゴウインコ |
| Norwegian | soldatara |
| Polish | ara zielona |
| Russian | Солдатский ара |
| Serbian | Mala vojnička ara |
| Slovak | ara zelená |
| Spanish | Guacamayo Militar |
| Spanish (Argentina) | Guacamayo Verde |
| Spanish (Ecuador) | Guacamayo Militar |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Guacamaya Verde |
| Spanish (Panama) | Military Macaw |
| Spanish (Peru) | Guacamayo Militar |
| Spanish (Spain) | Guacamayo militar |
| Spanish (Venezuela) | Guacamaya Verde |
| Swedish | mindre soldatara |
| Turkish | Asker Ara |
Ara militaris (Linnaeus, 1766)
PROTONYM:
Psittacus militaris
Linnaeus, 1766. Syst. Nat. ed.12, p.139.
TYPE LOCALITY:
No locality, Brabourne and Chubb, Bds. So. Am., 1912, p. 80, suggest Colombia.
Definitions
- ARA
- militaris
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
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