The Dominican green-and-yellow macaw (''Ara atwoodi''), Atwood's macaw or Dominican macaw, is an

extinct Extinction is the termination of a kind of organism or of a group of kinds (taxon), usually a species. The moment of extinction is generally considered to be the death of the last individual of the species, although the capacity to breed and ...

species of

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that may have lived on the island of

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. It is known only through the writings of British colonial judge Thomas Atwood in his 1791 book, ''The History of the Island of Dominica'':

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initially included these macaws in '' Ara guadeloupensis'' in 1905, but upon being referred to Atwood's writings, he listed them as a distinct species in 1908. As no

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remains are known, it is widely considered a hypothetical extinct species. Atwood described a bird which was commonly captured for food and pets. The Dominican macaw probably became extinct in the late 18th or early 19th century.

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Dominican green-and-yellow macaw The Dominican green-and-yellow macaw (''Ara atwoodi''), Atwood's macaw or Dominican macaw, is an extinct species of macaw that may have lived on the island of Dominica. It is known only through the writings of British colonial judge Thomas Atwoo ...

Endemic birds of Dominica Controversial parrot taxa

Hypothetical extinct species