In 2005, a species of chewing louse, Psittacobrosus bechsteini, was reported from a museum specimen of the Cuban Macaw.

The parrot was considered identical to the Cuban Macaw by some 19th century naturalists, but was given its own binomial by Rothschild in 1905.

Four species are predominately green, two species are mostly blue and yellow, and three species (including the extinct Cuban Macaw) mostly red.

The Cuban Macaw was reasonably common around 1800 on Cuba, and it probably also lived on Isla de la Juventud (previously called the Isle of Pines).

They were close relatives of the Cuban Macaws (Ara tricolor), and they were also close relatives to the Dominican Macaws (Ara atwoodi).

The Cuban Macaw, also known as the Cuban Red Macaw, (Ara tricolor) is an extinct species of parrot that was native to Cuba and the Isla de la Juventud, an island off the coast of west Cuba.

Only two endemic Caribbean macaw species are known from physical remains; the Cuban Macaw is known from nine museum skins and subfossils, and the Saint Croix Macaw (Ara autochthones), is only known from subfossils.

The last confirmed sighting of the extinct Cuban Red Macaw was in 1864 when one was shot.

Several skins of the Cuban Red Macaw are preserved in museums, but none of its eggs have survived.

Cuban Red Macaw, Ara tricolor (extinct)

The species is one of two medium-sized macaws of the Caribbean, the other being the smaller Cuban Red Macaw (Ara tricolor).

The Saint Croix Macaw and the smaller Cuban Red Macaw (Ara tricolor) are the only two Caribbean macaw species that have been described based on physical remains.

Taking its title from a saying by Fidel Castro, "La Historia Me Absolvera" (1999), for instance, shows a Cuban red macaw, an extinct species, hovering over a landscape of traps and other pitfalls.

Yet Mr. Ford had hit a nerve with works like a portrayal of Fidel Castro as a crafty old Cuban red macaw that can't be killed, and his paintings started, as he said, to "fly off the walls."

The bone of this specimen is slightly smaller than the bone of the Puerto Rico specimen, and could therefore be within the range of the Cuban Red Macaw (Ara tricolor); it has not been assigned to either species.

The Cuban Macaw, also known as the Cuban Red Macaw, (Ara tricolor) is an extinct species of parrot that was native to Cuba and the Isla de la Juventud, an island off the coast of west Cuba.

Cuban Red Macaw, Ara tricolor (extinct)

Wetmore described the bone as similar to the tibiotarsus of Ara tricolor, with a larger transverse width, but more slender compared with larger macaws.

The species is one of two medium-sized macaws of the Caribbean, the other being the smaller Cuban Red Macaw (Ara tricolor).

The Saint Croix Macaw and the smaller Cuban Red Macaw (Ara tricolor) are the only two Caribbean macaw species that have been described based on physical remains.

They were close relatives of the Cuban Macaws (Ara tricolor), and they were also close relatives to the Dominican Macaws (Ara atwoodi).

The bone of this specimen is slightly smaller than the bone of the Puerto Rico specimen, and could therefore be within the range of the Cuban Red Macaw (Ara tricolor); it has not been assigned to either species.

The Cuban Macaw, also known as the Cuban Red Macaw, (Ara tricolor) is an extinct species of parrot that was native to Cuba and the Isla de la Juventud, an island off the coast of west Cuba.

Only two endemic Caribbean macaw species are known from physical remains; the Cuban Macaw (Ara tricolor), is known from about nine museum skins and subfossils, and the Saint Croix Macaw (Ara autochthones), is only known from subfossils.