Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Bulgarian | Спиксов ара |
Dutch | Spix' Ara |
English (United States) | Spix's Macaw |
French | Ara de Spix |
German | Spixara |
Icelandic | Geislaari |
Japanese | アオコンゴウインコ |
Norwegian | brilleara |
Polish | ara modra |
Portuguese (Brazil) | ararinha-azul |
Portuguese (Portugal) | Ararinha-azul |
Russian | Синий ара |
Serbian | Spiksova plava ara |
Slovak | ara sivomodrá |
Spanish | Guacamayo de Spix |
Spanish (Spain) | Guacamayo de Spix |
Swedish | spixara |
Turkish | Spiks Arası |
Revision Notes
Guy M. Kirwan revised the account.
Cyanopsitta spixii (Wagler, 1832)
PROTONYM:
Sittace Spixii
Wagler, 1832. Abh. Konigl. Bay. Akad. Wiss. 1, p.675.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Based on Arara hyacinthinus Spix, not of Latham, type from Joazeiro, Rio Sao Francisco, Brazil.
Definitions
- CYANOPSITTA
- spixi / spixii
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
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)
SPECIES
Spix's Macaw Cyanopsitta spixii Scientific name definitions
Christopher J. Sharpe, Guy M. Kirwan, Nigel Collar, and Peter F. D. Boesman
Version: 2.1 — Published June 27, 2022
Version: 2.1 — Published June 27, 2022
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Movements and Migration
Movement
Reports of the species from other habitats and areas are mostly likely to be misidentifications (13), but some nomadism may have occurred in cases where nesting habitat was cleared and birds, unlimited by food availability, wandered in search of alternative areas to breed in (17, 18, 27). Moreover, some wandering in response to rainfall appears to have taken place, with (e.g.) birds absent from their known breeding area from December 1986 to March 1987, reappearing when rains began (17, 31). The last wild bird sometimes disappeared for days or even weeks from its favored area.