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title: "Illigers ara"
description: "Primolius maracana — Vogels. The blue-winged macaw (Primolius maracana), in aviculture more commonly known as Illiger's macaw, is a species of small macaw (sometimes called a mini-macaw) found in central and eastern South America."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/blue-winged-macaw
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Illigers ara

> Primolius maracana — Vogels. The blue-winged macaw (Primolius maracana), in aviculture more commonly known as Illiger's macaw, is a species of small macaw (sometimes called a mini-macaw) found in central and eastern South America.

- Scientific name: *Primolius maracana*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos), `zoo` (Dierentuin en huisdieren)
- iNaturalist observations: 991
- Wikidata: [Q1164807](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1164807)
- iNaturalist taxon: [73274](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/73274)

## Names

- en: Blue-winged Macaw
- de: Rotrückenara
- es: Maracaná lomo rojo
- fr: Ara d'Illiger
- nl: Illigers ara
- pt: Maracanã-verdadeira
- pl: (ara) marakana

## Countries with the most observations

BR (861), PY (3)

## Summary

The blue-winged macaw (Primolius maracana), in aviculture more commonly known as Illiger's macaw, is a species of small macaw (sometimes called a mini-macaw) found in central and eastern South America. The second name is in honor of the German ornithologist Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger. It was previously placed in the genera Ara or Propyrrhura. Blue-winged macaws have been known to reach an age of 50–60 years.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue-winged_macaw

## Photo

![Illigers ara](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/blue-winged-macaw/medium.jpg)

Photo: filipeprates · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/308066757

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/blue-winged-macaw?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).