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Species	Year placed on appendix	Extinct	May be extinct	CITES appendix I	CITES appendix II
Blue and Gold	1981				X
Blue Throated Macaw	1983			X
Buffon's Macaw	1984			X
Coulons	1976			X
Cuban	1981	X
Dominican Macaw		X
Glaucous Macaw	1976		X	X
Guadeloupe Macaws		X
Green & Yellow Macaw		X
Green Winged Macaw	1981				X
Hahn's Macaw	1981				X
Hyacinth Macaw	1987			X
Illiger Macaw	1989			X
Lear's Macaw	1981			X
Martinique Macaws		X
Military Macaw	1987			X
Noble Macaw	1981				X
Red Bellied Macaw	1981				X
Red Fronted Macaw	1983			X
Saint Croix Macaw		X
Scarlet Macaw	1985			X
Severe Macaw	1981				X
Spix's Macaw	1975			X
Yellow-collared Macaw	1981				X
Yellow-headed Macaw		X

CITES, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, establishes world-wide controls on the international trade in threatened species of animals and plants. It requires that this trade be subject to authorization by government-issued permits or certificates. In the case of species threatened with extinction, CITES prohibits all commercial trade in wild specimens. The Convention was signed in 1975 and more than 125 countries are members.

Appendix I: Species endangered and trade is permitted only in exceptional circumstances

Appendix II: Species which would become endangered unless trade is regulated

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Extinct Parrots:

Cuban Macaw

Dominican Macaw:

Genus: Scientific: Ara ... English: Macaws ... Dutch: Echte Aras ... German: Eigentliche Aras ... French: Aras

Species: Scientific: Ara atwoodi ... English: Dominican Macaw ... Dutch: Dominicaanse Ara ... German: Dominikanischer Ara ... French: Ara Dominican

CITES Status - EXTINCT

Green and Yellow Macaw:

Genus: Scientific: Ara ... English: Macaws ... Dutch: Echte Aras ... German: Eigentliche Aras ... French: Aras

Species: Scientific: Ara erythrocephala ... English: Green and Yellow Macaw ... Dutch: Groengele Ara ... German: Rotkopf Ara ... French: Ara jaune-verte

CITES Status - EXTINCT

Guadeloupe Macaws:

Genus: Scientific: Ara ... English: Macaws ... Dutch: Echte Aras ... German: Eigentliche Aras ... French: Aras

Species: Scientific: Ara guadeloupensis aka Anodorhynchus purpurascens ... English: Guadeloupe Macaw ... Dutch: Guadeloupe Ara ... German: Guadeloupe Ara ... French: Ara de Guadeloupe

CITES Status - EXTINCT Distribution: Formerly inhabited Guadeloupe, now extinct

Martinique Macaws:

Genus: Scientific: Ara ... English: Macaws ... Dutch: Echte Aras ... German: Eigentliche Aras ... French: Aras

Species: Scientific: Ara martinica ... English: Martinique Macaw ... Dutch: Martinique Ara ... German: Martinique Ara ... French: Ara Martinique

CITES Status - EXTINCT

Saint Croix Macaws:

The Saint Croix Macaw (Ara autocthones) belongs to the parrots and was found on the island of Saint Croix, in the Virgin Islands. The only remains known are a sub-fossil left tibiotarsus, which has been found in the kitchen middens at Concordia, which is near Southwest Cape.

Genus: Scientific: Ara ... English: Macaws ... Dutch: Echte Aras ... German: Eigentliche Aras ... French: Aras

Species: Scientific: Ara authocthones ... English: Saint Croix Macaw ... Dutch: Sint Croix Ara ... German: St. Croix Ara ... French: Ara Saint Croix

CITES Status ... EXTINCT - Former habitat: St. Croix in the Virgin Islands, now extinct

Yellow-headed Macaws:

Genus: Scientific: Ara ... English: Macaws ... Dutch: Echte Aras ... German: Eigentliche Aras ... French: Aras

Species: Scientific: Ara gossei ... English: Gosse's Macaw, Yellow-headed Macaw ... Dutch: Geelstaartara ... German: Gelbstirnara ... French: Ara Gosse

CITES Status ... EXTINCT

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