Template:Ara genus table

Ara
Common and binomial names	Image	Description	Range
Great green macaw or Buffon's macaw (Ara ambiguus)		85–90 cm (33–36 in) long. Mostly green, red on forehead, green and blue wings	Central and South America, from Honduras to Ecuador
Blue-and-yellow macaw or blue-and-gold macaw (Ara ararauna)		80–90 cm (31.5–35.5 in) long. Mostly blue back and yellow front. Blue chin and green forehead. The upper zone of the bare white skin around each eye extending to the beak is patterned by lines of small dark feathers.	Panama, Colombia through to south-central Brazil. Small introduced populations present in Puerto Rico and Miami-Dade County, Florida
Green-winged macaw or red-and-green macaw (Ara chloropterus)		90 cm (36 in) long. Mostly red, with blue and green wings. The bare white skin around each eye extending to the bill is patterned by lines of small red feathers.	South America, from Colombia through to northern Paraguay (formerly northern Argentina)
Blue-throated macaw (Ara glaucogularis)		75–85 cm (30–34 in) long. Blue upperparts and mostly yellow lowerparts, blue throat. Areas of pale skin on the sides of the face are covered with lines of small dark-blue feathers, with pinkish bare skin at the base of the beak.	North Bolivia
Scarlet macaw (Ara macao)		81–96 cm (32–36 in) long. Mostly bright red, with red, yellow and blue in the wings. There is bare white skin around the each eye extending to the bill.	Mexico to Colombia and the Amazon Basin.
Military macaw (Ara militaris)		70 cm (28 in) long. Mostly green, red forehead	Discontinuous distribution in Mexico and along the Andes from Venezuela to north Argentina.
Red-fronted macaw (Ara rubrogenys)		55–60 cm (21.5–23.5 in) long. Mostly green. red forehead and red patch over the ears, pinkish skin on the face, red at bend of wings, blue primary wing feathers	Central Bolivia
Chestnut-fronted macaw or severe macaw (Ara severus)		46 cm (18 in) long. Mostly green, chestnut forehead, red at bend of wings	Panama and South America in the Chocó and Amazon Basin
†Cuban macaw (Ara tricolor) Extinct ca. 1885		50 cm (20 in) long. Red forehead fading to orange and then to yellow at the nape of the neck, dark brown bill paler at the tip; orange face, chin, chest, abdomen and thighs; upper back mainly brownish red, and the rump and lower back blue; brown, red and purplish-blue wing feathers; upper surface of the tail was dark red fading to blue at the tip, and brownish red underneath.	Extinct - formerly endemic on Cuba and probably also on Isla de la Juventud (previously called the Isle of Pines).
†St. Croix macaw (Ara autocthones) Extinct		Only known from sub-fossil bones found at two archeological sites.	Extinct - Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands and central Puerto Rico

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