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  Name Glaucous Macaw
  Regnum Animal ia
  Phylum Chordata
  Classis Aves
  Ordo Psittaciformes
  Familia Psittacidae
  Genus '' Ara ''
  Species '''''A ambigua'''''
  Binomial ''Ara ambigua''
  Binomial Authority ( Bechstein , 1811)


The Great Green Macaw, also called '''Buffon's Macaw''', ''Ara ambigua'', is a Central America n parrot found in Costa Rica .

It has been described as endangered, and has been one of the key elements in the proposal for the formation of a new National Park in Costa Rica, Maquenque National Park . Already significant parts of the birds existing habitat is covered by Nature Reserves and other conservation projects.


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