Indigo Macaw / Anodorhynchus leari
WBN 
Indigo Macaw
SCI Name:
Protonym: Anodorhynchus leari Naumannia 6 Consp.Psitt.inBeilag.no.1
Taxonomy: Psittaciformes / Psittacidae / Anodorhynchus
Taxonomy Code: indmac1
Type Locality: No locahty, presumed to have come from Brazil.
Author: Bonaparte
Publish Year: 1856
IUCN Status: Endangered
DEFINITIONS
ANODORHYNCHUS
(Psittacidae; Ϯ Hyacinth Macaw A. hyacinthinus) Gr. ανοδων anodōn, ανοδοντος anodontos toothless < negative prefix αν- an- ; οδους odous, οδοντος odontos tooth; ῥυγχος rhunkhos bill; alluding to the un-notched bill of the Hyacinth Macaw (pace Gotch 1981); "GENUS VI. ANODORHYNCHUS. Araras inter et Aratingas intermedius, familiaris, macrourus, infra nares et supra genas plumis tectus; rostro supra modum crasso, uncinato, edentato; periophthalmiis parum, basi mandibulae inferioris tota nudis; cauda gradata, elongata. SPECIES 1• ANODORHYNCHUS MAXIMILIANI." (von Spix 1824); "Anodorhynchus Spix, Av. Bras., 1, 1824, p. 47 [i.e. 24 bis], pl. 11. Type, by monotypy, Anodorhynchus maximiliani Spix = Psittacus hyacinthinus Latham." (Peters, 1937, III, p. 179).
Var. Anadorhynchos, Aodorhynchus, Aodorhynchos, Anodorhynchos, Anodontorhynchus, Anoplorhynchus.
leari / learii
Edward Lear (1812-1888) English humorous author, traveller, artist (Anodorhynchus (ex Macrocercus hyacinthinus Lear, 1828), syn. Cacatua ducorps).
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
