There are 19 species of macaws, including extinct and critically endangered species.[5] In addition, there are several hypothetical extinct species that have been proposed based on very little evidence.[6]

Anodorhynchus

Glaucous macaw, Anodorhynchus glaucus (critically endangered or extinct)

Hyacinth macaw, Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus

Indigo macaw or Lear's macaw, Anodorhynchus leari

Cyanopsitta

Little blue macaw or Spix's macaw, Cyanopsitta spixii (probably extinct in the wild)
Ara

Blueandyellow macaw or blueandgold macaw, Ara ararauna

Bluethroated macaw, Ara glaucogularis

Military macaw, Ara militaris

Great green macaw or Buffon's macaw, Ara ambiguus

Scarlet macaw or Aracanga, Ara macao

Redandgreen macaw or greenwinged macaw, Ara chloropterus

Redfronted macaw, Ara rubrogenys

Chestnutfronted macaw or severe macaw, Ara severa

†Cuban red macaw, Ara tricolor (extinct)

†Saint Croix macaw, Ara autochthones[7] (extinct)

Orthopsittaca

Redbellied macaw, Orthopsittaca manilata

Primolius

Blueheaded macaw, Primolius couloni

Bluewinged macaw or Illiger's macaw, Primolius maracana

Goldencollared macaw, Primolius auricollis

Diopsittaca

Redshouldered macaw or Hahn's macaw, Diopsittaca nobilis

Hypothetical extinct speciesEdit

Several hypothetical extinct species of macaws have been postulated based on little evidence, and they may have been subspecies, or familiar parrots that were imported onto an island and later wrongly presumed to have a separate identity.[6]

Martinique macaw, Ara martinica, Rothschild 1905

Lesser Antillean macaw, Ara guadeloupensis, Clark, 1905

Jamaican greenandyellow macaw, Ara erythrocephala, Rothschild 1905

Jamaican red macaw, Ara gossei, Rothschild 1905

Dominican greenandyellow macaw, Ara atwoodi, Clark, 1905

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