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| species = '''''A. autocthones''''' | | species = '''''A. autocthones''''' | ||
| binomial = ''Ara autocthones'' | | binomial = ''Ara autocthones'' | ||
| binomial_authority = [[Alexander Wetmore|Wetmore]], | | binomial_authority = [[Alexander Wetmore|Wetmore]], 1918<ref name=wetmore>{{cite journal | last = Wetmore | first = A. | title = Bones of birds collected by Theodoor de Booy from kitchen midden deposits in the islands of [[Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands|St Thomas]] and [[Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands|St Croix]] | journal = [[Proceedings of the United States National Museum]] | volume = 54 | pages = 513-522 | date = 1918}}</ref> | ||
| synonyms= ''Ara autochthones'' (lapsus) | | synonyms= ''Ara autochthones'' (lapsus) | ||
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The '''Saint Croix Macaw''' ('''''Ara autocthones''''') is an extinct species of bird in the [[Psittacidae|parrot]] family that was found on the island of [[Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands|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.<ref>{{cite | The '''Saint Croix Macaw''' ('''''Ara autocthones''''') is an extinct species of bird in the [[Psittacidae|parrot]] family that was found on the island of [[Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands|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.<ref name=wetmore/><ref name=forshaw>{{cite book | first= Joseph M.| last= Forshaw| coauthors= Cooper, William T.|year= 1981|origyear=1973, 1978|edition=corrected second edition| title= Parrots of the World|publisher=David & Charles, Newton Abbot, London|id=ISBN 0-7153-7698-5}}</ref> | ||
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The Saint Croix Macaw (Ara autocthones) is an extinct species of bird in the parrot family that 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.[1][2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Wetmore, A. (1918). "Bones of birds collected by Theodoor de Booy from kitchen midden deposits in the islands of St Thomas and St Croix". Proceedings of the United States National Museum 54: 513-522.
- ↑ Forshaw, Joseph M.; Cooper, William T. [1973, 1978] (1981). Parrots of the World, corrected second edition. David & Charles, Newton Abbot, London. ISBN 0-7153-7698-5.