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title: "Ara żółtoskrzydła"
description: "Ara macao — Ptaki. The scarlet macaw (Ara macao) also called the red-and-yellow macaw, red-and-blue macaw or red-breasted macaw, is a large yellow, green, red and blue Neotropical parrot native to humid evergreen forests of the Americas."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/scarlet-macaw
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Ara żółtoskrzydła

> Ara macao — Ptaki. The scarlet macaw (Ara macao) also called the red-and-yellow macaw, red-and-blue macaw or red-breasted macaw, is a large yellow, green, red and blue Neotropical parrot native to humid evergreen forests of the Americas.

- Scientific name: *Ara macao*
- Category: `birds` (Ptaki)
- Habitats: `forest` (Las), `zoo` (Zoo i zwierzęta domowe), `jungle` (Dżungla)
- iNaturalist observations: 14574
- Wikidata: [Q243761](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q243761)
- iNaturalist taxon: [19022](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/19022)

## Names

- en: Scarlet Macaw
- de: Hellroter Ara
- es: Guacamaya roja
- fr: Ara Macao
- nl: Geelvleugelara
- pt: Araracanga
- pl: Ara żółtoskrzydła

## Countries with the most observations

CR (6075), CO (872), PE (687), MX (600), BR (516), HN (422), EC (398), GF (129), PA (123), GT (93), BZ (65), BO (55)

## Summary

The scarlet macaw (Ara macao) also called the red-and-yellow macaw, red-and-blue macaw or red-breasted macaw, is a large yellow, green, red and blue Neotropical parrot native to humid evergreen forests of the Americas. Its range extends from southeastern Mexico to Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Bolivia, Venezuela, Honduras, and Brazil in lowlands of 500 m (1,600 ft) (at least formerly) up to 1,000 m (3,300 ft), the Caribbean island of Trinidad, as well as the Pacific island of Coiba. Formerly, the northern extent of its range included southern Tamaulipas. In some areas, it has suffered local extinction because of habitat…

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

## Photo

![Ara żółtoskrzydła](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/scarlet-macaw/medium.jpg)

Photo: NINA WENÓLI · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/326791432

## Machine access

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