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| Species | Year placed on appendix |
Extinct |
May be extinct | CITES appendix I | CITES appendix II |
| Blue and Gold | 1981 |
X |
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| Blue Throated Macaw | 1983 |
X |
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| Buffon's Macaw | 1984 |
X |
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| Coulons | 1976 |
X |
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| Cuban | 1981 |
X |
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| Dominican Macaw |
X |
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| Glaucous Macaw | 1976 |
X |
X |
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| Guadeloupe Macaws |
X |
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| Green & Yellow Macaw | X |
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| Green Winged Macaw | 1981 |
X |
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| Hahn's Macaw | 1981 |
X |
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| Hyacinth Macaw | 1987 |
X |
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| Illiger Macaw | 1989 |
X |
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| Lear's Macaw | 1981 |
X |
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| Martinique Macaws | X |
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| Military Macaw | 1987 |
X |
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| Noble Macaw | 1981 |
X |
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| Red Bellied Macaw | 1981 |
X |
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| Red Fronted Macaw | 1983 |
X |
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| Saint Croix Macaw |
X |
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| Scarlet Macaw | 1985 |
X |
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| Severe Macaw | 1981 |
X |
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| Spix's Macaw | 1975 |
X |
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| Yellow-collared Macaw | 1981 |
X |
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| Yellow-headed Macaw | X |
CITES, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, establishes world-wide controls on the international trade in threatened species of animals and plants. It requires that this trade be subject to authorization by government-issued permits or certificates. In the case of species threatened with extinction, CITES prohibits all commercial trade in wild specimens. The Convention was signed in 1975 and more than 125 countries are members.
Appendix I: Species endangered and trade is permitted only in exceptional circumstances
Appendix II: Species which would become endangered unless trade is regulated
Extinct Parrots:
Dominican Macaw: Genus: Scientific: Ara ... English: Macaws ... Dutch: Echte Aras ... German: Eigentliche Aras ... French: Aras 
Species: Scientific: Ara atwoodi ... English: Dominican Macaw ... Dutch: Dominicaanse Ara ... German: Dominikanischer Ara ... French: Ara Dominican CITES Status - EXTINCT
Green and Yellow Macaw: Genus: Scientific: Ara ... English: Macaws ... Dutch: Echte Aras ... German: Eigentliche Aras ... French: Aras Species: Scientific: Ara erythrocephala ... English: Green and Yellow Macaw ... Dutch: Groengele Ara ... German: Rotkopf Ara ... French: Ara jaune-verte CITES Status - EXTINCT Distribution: N/A - Extinct
Guadeloupe Macaws: Genus: Scientific: Ara ... English: Macaws ... Dutch: Echte Aras ... German: Eigentliche Aras ... French: Aras Species: Scientific: Ara guadeloupensis aka Anodorhynchus purpurascens ... English: Guadeloupe Macaw ... Dutch: Guadeloupe Ara ... German: Guadeloupe Ara ... French: Ara de Guadeloupe CITES Status - EXTINCT Distribution: Formerly inhabited Guadeloupe, now extinct
Martinique Macaws: Genus: Scientific: Ara ... English: Macaws ... Dutch: Echte Aras ... German: Eigentliche Aras ... French: Aras Species: Scientific: Ara martinica ... English: Martinique Macaw ... Dutch: Martinique Ara ... German: Martinique Ara ... French: Ara Martinique CITES Status - EXTINCT
Saint Croix Macaws: The Saint Croix Macaw (Ara autocthones) belongs to the parrots and was found on the island of Saint Croix, in the Virgin Islands. The only remains known are a sub-fossil left tibiotarsus, which has been found in the kitchen middens at Concordia, which is near Southwest Cape. (Source: Wikipedia.org)
Genus: Scientific: Ara ... English: Macaws ... Dutch: Echte Aras ... German: Eigentliche Aras ... French: Aras Species: Scientific: Ara authocthones ... English: Saint Croix Macaw ... Dutch: Sint Croix Ara ... German: St. Croix Ara ... French: Ara Saint Croix CITES Status ... EXTINCT Distribution: St. Croix in the Virgin Islands, now extinct
Yellow-headed Macaws: Genus: Scientific: Ara ... English: Macaws ... Dutch: Echte Aras ... German: Eigentliche Aras ... French: Aras Species: Scientific: Ara gossei ... English: Gosse's Macaw, Yellow-headed Macaw ... Dutch: Geelstaartara ... German: Gelbstirnara ... French: Ara Gossei CITES Status ... EXTINCT
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