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title: "Groenvleugelara"
description: "Ara chloropterus — Vogels. The red-and-green macaw (Ara chloropterus), also known as the green-winged macaw, is a large, mostly-red macaw of the genus Ara."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/red-and-green-macaw
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Groenvleugelara

> Ara chloropterus — Vogels. The red-and-green macaw (Ara chloropterus), also known as the green-winged macaw, is a large, mostly-red macaw of the genus Ara.

- Scientific name: *Ara chloropterus*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos), `zoo` (Dierentuin en huisdieren), `jungle` (Jungle)
- iNaturalist observations: 4627
- Wikidata: [Q739089](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q739089)
- iNaturalist taxon: [19016](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/19016)

## Names

- en: Red-and-green Macaw
- de: Grünflügelara
- es: Guacamaya roja
- fr: Ara chloroptère
- nl: Groenvleugelara
- pt: Arara-vermelha
- pl: Ara zielonoskrzydła

## Countries with the most observations

BR (1100), PE (566), BO (182), CO (145), GF (113), GY (88), VE (51), AR (47), PY (39), TT (34), EC (30), SR (28)

## Summary

The red-and-green macaw (Ara chloropterus), also known as the green-winged macaw, is a large, mostly-red macaw of the genus Ara. It is popular in aviculture, and is the second most commonly kept macaw species after the blue-and-yellow macaw. However, they are not as common in captivity as the blue-and-yellow, and are much more expensive; prices are often double that of the blue-and-gold.
This is the largest of the genus Ara, widespread in the forests and woodlands of northern and central South America. However, in common with other macaws, in recent years there has been a marked decline in its numbers due to habitat…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-and-green_macaw

## Photo

![Groenvleugelara](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/red-and-green-macaw/medium.jpg)

Photo: Naturalist Tours · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/238494886

## Machine access

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