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{{Taxobox
{{Taxobox
| name=Violet Macaw
| name=Violet Macaw
| status = EX
| classification_status=disputed
| classification_status=disputed
| image = Ara guadeloupensis Keulemans.jpg
| image = Ara guadeloupensis Keulemans.jpg

Revision as of 20:07, 7 August 2013

Violet Macaw
Restoration by Keulemans
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A. purpurascens
Binomial name
Anodorhynchus purpurascens

The Violet Macaw (Anodorhynchus purpurascens) is an hypothetical extinct species of parrot. Its native name was Oné Couli.[citation needed] It was described by Rothschild and featured in his book, Extinct Birds published in 1907,[1] but there is very little evidence to support it as separate species.[2] Rothschild named the species because uniform bluish coloured macaws were said to have inhabited the island of Guadeloupe;[1] however, they were probably Hyacinth Macaws imported from the mainland of South America.[2] The sources Rothschild referred to have not been traced, and only the genus Ara is known to have colonised the West Indies.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b Rothschild, Walter (1907). Extinct Birds. Hutchison, London.
  2. ^ a b Fuller, Errol (1987). Extinct Birds. Penguin Books (England). pp. 148–149. ISBN 0-670-81787-2.
  3. ^ Hume, J. P.; Walters, M. (2012). Extinct Birds. A & C Black. ISBN 140815725X.