Ara sp.

Nascimento, Rafael S. & Silveira, Luís Fábio, 2024, Fossil and subfossil birds of Brazil, Zoologia (e 23079) 41, pp. 1-234 : 175-176

598. Ara sp.

Quaternary – MG

Ara sp. e majoribus – Winge 1887: 41.

“duas especies de Sittace ” [in part] – Goeldi 1894: 129.

Ara sp. (“kleinere und grössere Formen”) [in part] – Lambrecht 1933: 770.

“undetermined macaws” [in part] – Boles 2017: 10.

Ara sp. – Nascimento and Silveira 2020: 495.

Winge (1887) reported a humerus from Lapa da Escrivânia V, shorter than in the compared specimens of Ara ararauna , Ara macao , and Ara chloropterus , but much larger than in Primolius maracana . Additionally, the distal end of a femur from “various caves” [26] matches the humerus’ size and is about the same size as the femur of A. ararauna .

599. Ara chloropterus Gray

Quaternary – MG, RJ, PI

Ara chloroptera (et forte A. hyacinthina ) [in part] – Winge 1887: 42.

[ Sittace ] chloroptera – Goeldi 1894: 129.

Ara chloroptera [in part] – Lambrecht 1933: 770.

Ara chloroptera [in part] – Brodkorb 1971: 212.

Ara chloroptera [in part] – Mones 1986: 94.

Ara chloroptera [in part] – Cuello 1988: 53.

Ara chloropterus [in part] – Boles 2017: 10.

Ara chloropterus – Nascimento and Silveira 2020: 495.

Winge (1887) reported bones of two individuals from Lapa da Escrivânia V, represented by the scapula, humerus, ulna, carpometacarpus, first phalanx of the major digit of the wing, femur, and tarsometatarsus. This material is slightly smaller than in the compared specimen of Ara chloropterus , somewhat larger than two of Ara macao , and considerably divergent in size and morphology from Ara ararauna .

Additionally, there are bones of at least three individuals from Lapa da Escrivânia XI, represented by the coracoid,

humerus, ulna, radius, carpometacarpus, first phalanx of the major digit of the wing, pelvis, femur, tibiotarsus, and tarsometatarsus, all slightly larger than the material of Lapa da Escrivânia V and about the same size as in A. chloropterus .

Psittacidae [in part] – Guérin et al. 1993a: 198.

Psittacidae [in part] – Guérin et al. 1993b: 328.

Ara chloroptera – Guérin et al. 1996: 84.

Ara chloroptera – Guérin et al. 2002: 136.

Guérin et al. (1996) reported this species from Toca da Janela da Barra do Antonião. It is represented by very numerous remains of at least four adults and two young individuals, which suggests it was selectively hunted by the ancient inhabitants of the site. It must also have been rather abundant in the area in past times, while today it is restricted to a very small population .

“a macaw (probably A. chloroptera )” – Alvarenga (in Sick

1993): 261.

Ara chloroptera – Kneip et al. 1994: 51.

Psittacidae (“arara-vermelha”) – Kneip et al. 1995: 7.

“uma arara (provavelmente A. chloroptera )” – Alvarenga (in

Sick 1997): 362.

Psittacidae (“arara-vermelha”) – Kneip et al. 1997: 19.

Psittacidae (“arara-vermelha”) – Magalhães et al. 2001: 59.

Kneip et al. (1994) reported a bone from layer I (3,610±190 years BP) and another from layer II (3,960±200 years BP) of Sambaqui do Moa in Saquarema , Rio de Janeiro. This species no longer occurs in the region today .