Based on this genome, species-specific microsatellite genetic markers were developed to aid genetic studies throughout the range of the species. Ian Tizard of Texas A&M University had sequenced the complete genome of the scarlet macaw. In May 2013, it was announced that a team of scientists, led by Dr. The Central American scarlet macaw is larger and has blue on its wings instead of green. cyanopterus Wiedenfeld, 1995: North Central American scarlet macaw. In the wings the medium and secondary coverts have green tip. macao (Linnaeus, 1758): South American scarlet macaw, the nominate subspecies. The two subspecies can be recognized by size and color detail in the feathers on the wings: The scarlet macaw is now placed in the genus Ara ( Lacépède, 1799), one of 6 genera of Central and South American macaws. The scarlet macaw was formally described by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in 1758 in the tenth edition of his Systema Naturae under the binomial name Psittacus macao. Like its relative the blue-and-yellow macaw, the scarlet macaw is a popular bird in aviculture as a result of its striking plumage. In some areas, it has suffered local extinction because of habitat destruction, or capture for the parrot trade, but in other areas, it remains fairly common. Formerly, it ranged north to southern Tamaulipas.
Its range extends from south-eastern Mexico to Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Bolivia, Venezuela and Brazil in lowlands of 500 m (1,600 ft) (at least formerly) up to 1,000 m (3,300 ft), the Caribbean island of Trinidad, as well as the Pacific island of Coiba. It is native to humid evergreen forests of the Neotropics. The scarlet macaw ( Ara macao) is a large yellow, red and blue Central and South American parrot, a member of a large group of Neotropical parrots called macaws.
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