Cuban Macaw

The three-color or Cuban Red Macaw (Ara tricolor) is an extinct species of the family of authentics parrots in the genus Macaw. Its size was about 50 to 60 centimeters.

In 1800, the Dreifarbenara was still relatively well represented in Cuba and the Isla de Pinos. The rapid colonization and strong agricultural use of the island resulted in a very short time Eradication Art The last Freilandsichtung was in the Zapata Swamp in 1864. The last Cuban Red Macaw probably died in 1885. Located in various scientific collections ( including Berlin and Dresden) still bellows of this bird.

A couple was kept in the menagerie of the Imperial Schönbrunn in Vienna since 1760.