Cuban Macaw (Ara tricolor)
Posted on 31 December, 1885 in Extinct • Tagged with Cuba, family-PSITTACIDAE, extinct-1880s
Year Last Seen:
1885
Comments:
This species was known from Cuba, but hunting drove the population Extinct. The last reports of the species date from 1885.
Habitat:
It inhabited forest and open habitat with scattered trees and palms (Wiley and Kirwan 2013), requiring trees with large holes for nesting purposes …
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