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