Violet Macaw

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Violet Macaw

Restoration by Keulemans
Scientific classification (disputed)
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Psittaciformes
Family:	Psittacidae
Subfamily:	Psittacinae
Tribe:	Arini
Genus:	Anodorhynchus
Species:	A. purpurascens
Binomial name
*Anodorhynchus purpurascens* Rothschild, 1907

The Violet Macaw (Anodorhynchus purpurascens) is an hypothetical extinct species of parrot. Its native name was Oné Couli.^{[citation needed]} It was described by Rothschild and featured in his book, Extinct Birds published in 1907,^[1] but there is very little evidence to support it as separate species.^[2] Rothschild named the species because uniform bluish coloured macaws were said to have inhabited the island of Guadeloupe;^[1] however, they were probably Hyacinth Macaws imported from the mainland of South America.^[2] The sources Rothschild referred to have not been traced, and only the genus Ara is known to have colonised the West Indies.^[3]

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 Rothschild, Walter (1907). Extinct Birds. Hutchison, London.
↑ 2.0 2.1 Fuller, Errol (1987). Extinct Birds. Penguin Books (England). pp. 148–149. ISBN 0-670-81787-2.
↑ Hume, J. P.; Walters, M. (2012). Extinct Birds. A & C Black. ISBN 140815725X.

v t e Macaws

Genus	Species (extinctions: † indicates a species confirmed to be extinct, ₴ indicates evidence only from sub-fossils)

Anodorhynchus	Glaucous Macaw Hyacinth Macaw Lear's Macaw

Cyanopsitta	Spix's Macaw

Ara	Blue-and-yellow Macaw (or Blue-and-gold Macaw) Blue-throated Macaw Military Macaw Great Green Macaw (or Buffon's Macaw) Scarlet Macaw Red-and-green Macaw (or Green-winged Macaw) Red-fronted Macaw Chestnut-fronted Macaw (or Severe Macaw) Cuban Macaw † Saint Croix Macaw † ₴

Orthopsittaca	Red-bellied Macaw

Primolius	Blue-headed Macaw Blue-winged Macaw (or Illiger's Macaw) Golden-collared Macaw (or Yellow-collared Macaw)

Diopsittaca	Red-shouldered Macaw (Hahn's Macaw or Noble Macaw)

Hypothetical extinct macaws	Martinique Macaw Lesser Antillean Macaw Jamaican Green-and-yellow Macaw Jamaican Red Macaw Dominican Green-and-yellow Macaw Violet Macaw

Neotropical parrots (tribe: Arini) List of macaws Mini-macaws

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