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 Translation for 'macaw' from English to Spanish
NOUN   a macaw | macaws
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guacamayo {m} azulamarillo [Ara ararauna]
blue-and-gold macaw
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guacamayo {m} azul y amarillo [Ara ararauna]
blue-and-gold macaw
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guacamayo {m} azulamarillo [Ara ararauna]
blue-and-yellow macaw
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guacamayo {m} azul y amarillo [Ara ararauna]
blue-and-yellow macaw
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guacamayo {m} jacinto [Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus]
hyacinth macaw
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guacamayo {m} jacinto [Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus]
hyacinthine macaw
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guacamayo {m} añil [Anodorhynchus leari]
indigo macaw
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guacamayo {m} de Lear [Anodorhynchus leari]
indigo macaw
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guacamayo {m} añil [Anodorhynchus leari]
Lear's macaw
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guacamayo {m} de Lear [Anodorhynchus leari]
Lear's macaw
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guacamayo {m} de Spix [Cyanopsitta spixii]
little blue macaw
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guacamayo {m} de Cochabamba [Ara rubrogenys]
red-fronted macaw
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guacamayo {m} de frente roja [Ara rubrogenys]
red-fronted macaw
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guacamayo {m} de Spix [Cyanopsitta spixii]
Spix's macaw
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Usage Examples English
  • The American zoologist Austin Hobart Clark gave the Lesser Antillean macaw its scientific name, "Ara guadeloupensis", in 1905, based on the contemporary accounts, and he also cited a 1765 color plate as possibly depicting this species.
  • Croix macaw's color is not known. Extant macaws can generally be grouped in either large-body or small-body size clusters.
  • The great green macaw appears superficially similar to, and may easily be confused with, the military macaw where their ranges overlap.
  • Some recent commentators have suggested that the allopatric Lear's macaw and glaucous macaw should be considered conspecifics.
  • Because macaw species are able to hybridize and produce viable offspring, scientists study and breed them in captivity to better understand hybridization, and understand their importance in preserving endangered macaw species.

  • 409 species are known to occur in the reserve including the threatened hyacinth macaw ("Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus"), Chaco eagle ("Buteogallus coronatus"), red-necked aracari ("Pteroglossus bitorquatus") and blue-winged macaw ("Primolius maracana").
  • Among the Arini are some of the rarest birds in the world, such as Spix's macaw, which is extinct in the wild – fewer than 100 specimens survive in captivity.
  • Several true parrots from the genus "Ara" (great green macaw, blue-throated macaw, scarlet macaw, military macaw), are all protected under Appendix 1 of CITES, meaning that commercial international trade in wild-sourced birds is prohibited.
  • The macaw reveals the entire truth to Shonku: the macaw was part of a Brazilian circus.
  • The red-bellied macaw and blue-headed macaw are typically only found in captivity in a zoo setting, or as part of a breeding program and are rarely kept as pets.

  • Canindeyú comes from the Guarani words Kaninde - macaw; ju - yellow, blue-and-yellow macaw ("Ara ararauna").
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