macaws

Common name	SCARLET MACAW
Scientific name	Ara macao
Order	Psittaciformes
Family	Psittacidae
Distribution	Rainforests in South and South-East Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Surinam, Isla Trinidad, Peru, northern Bolivia and the Mato Grosso region in Brazil.
Conservation status	Endangered (at risk of extinction). Now extinct from El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua. In Mexico, the Ara macao wild population is estimated at only 400 individuals that are clinging on in small areas of Chiapas and Oaxaca. Currently, attempts are being made to reintroduce this macaw in some regions of Mexico and Central America from specimens bred in captivity. Trade in this species is prohibited in Mexico since October 2008. Listed in CITES Appendix I. Regulated in Mexico by NOM-059-SEMARNAT-2010

Common name	MILITARY MACAW
Scientific name	Ara militaris
Order	Psittaciformes
Family	Psittacidae
Distribution	Forest areas on the Mexican Pacific coast from southern Sonora to Guerrero, and on the Gulf of Mexico, from northern Tamaulipas to northern Oaxaca, including part of the Huasteca region up to the border area between Puebla and Oaxaca. Also in some canyons of Chihuahua and other states of central and western Mexico. There are small scattered populations from Mexico to northern Argentina.
Conservation status	Endangered (at risk of extinction) In Mexico, its range of distribution is highly fragmented. During recent decades the wild population has drastically decreased due to the loss of nesting places and the trafficking of chicks. Trade in this species is prohibited in Mexico since October 2008. Listed in CITES Appendix I. Regulated in Mexico by NOM-059-SEMARNAT-2010