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

extinct Extinction is the termination of an organism by the death of its Endling, last member. A taxon may become Functional extinction, functionally extinct before the death of its last member if it loses the capacity to Reproduction, reproduce and ...

species of

macaw Macaws are a group of Neotropical parrot, New World parrots that are long-tailed and often colorful, in the Tribe (biology), tribe Arini (tribe), Arini. They are popular in aviculture or as companion parrots, although there are conservation con ...

that may have lived on the island of

Dominica Dominica, officially the Commonwealth of Dominica, is an island country in the Caribbean. It is part of the Windward Islands chain in the Lesser Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean Sea. The capital, Roseau, is located on the western side of t ...

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

Austin Hobart Clark Austin Hobart Clark (December 17, 1880 in Wellesley, Massachusetts – October 28, 1954 in Washington, D.C.) was an American zoologist who studied oceanography, marine biology, ornithology and entomology. Personal life The son of Theodore ...

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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{{Taxonbar, from=Q1237668 Dominican green-and-yellow macaw Endemic birds of Dominica Controversial parrot taxa Macaws Dominican green-and-yellow macaw Dominican green-and-yellow macaw Hypothetical species