Great Green Macaw (Ara ambiguus)
About the Great Green Macaw
The great green macaw (Ara ambiguus), also known as Buffon's macaw or the great military macaw, is a critically endangered Central and South America parrot found in Nicaragua, Honduras, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia and Ecuador. Two allopatric subspecies are recognized; the nominate subspecies, Ara ambiguus ssp. ambiguus, occurs from Honduras to Colombia, while Ara ambiguus ssp. guayaquilensis appears to be endemic to remnants of dry forests on the southern Pacific coast of Ecuador. The nominate subspecies lives in the canopy of wet tropical forests and in Costa Rica is usually associated with the almendro tree, Dipteryx oleifera. The great green macaw belongs to the genus Ara, which includes other large parrots, such as the scarlet macaw, the military macaw, and the blue-and-yellow macaw.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 48 recordings for this species: 2 CC BY-NC-SA. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
As soon as someone uploads a freely licensed recording, we mirror it and the player appears here.
Listed as recorded in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Honduras in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Chestnut-fronted MacawAra severusrecording
- Military MacawAra militarisrecording
- Scarlet MacawAra macaorecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.