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Red-bellied macaw

Orthopsittaca manilatus (Boddaert, 1783)

LCLeast Concernparrots

The red-bellied macaw (Orthopsittaca manilatus) is a species in the family Psittacidae, order Psittaciformes. Recorded adults weigh about 372 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Red-bellied macaw (Orthopsittaca manilatus)
Photo: A C Moraes · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the red-bellied macaw

Weight
372 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Frugivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
woodlandsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
2src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Partialsrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the red-bellied macaw live?

Not recorded

What is the red-bellied macaw?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The red-bellied macaw (Orthopsittaca manilatus), also known as Guacamaya manilata, is a medium-sized, mostly green parrot, a member of a group of large Neotropical parrots known as macaws. It is the largest of what are commonly called "mini-macaws". The belly has a large maroon patch which gives the species its name.

It is endemic to tropical Amazonian South America (as well as the Caribbean island of Trinidad), from Colombia south to Amazonian Peru and Bolivia, and central Brazil as far as the northwestern cerrado. Its habitat is moriche (or buriti) palm (Mauritia flexuosa) swamp forests and sandy savannahs with palm groves. They are critically dependent on the Moriche palm for roosting, feeding and nesting. Although the bird is locally common, in places it has been adversely affected by clearing of the palms for use as posts, or to allow cattle ranching; also by capture for the pet trade.

Not to be confused with the African red-bellied parrot (Poicephalus rufiventris), a similarly named smaller parrot.

From the Wikipedia article “Red-bellied macaw” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Red-bellied_macaw&oldid=1382316557), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the red-bellied macaw endangered?

The red-bellied macaw is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the red-bellied macaw classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPsittaciformes
  5. familyPsittacidae
  6. genusOrthopsittaca
  7. SpeciesOrthopsittaca manilatus (Boddaert, 1783)

Synonyms Ara manilata, Ara manilata, Ara manilata, Ara manilata, Orthopsittaca manilata, Psittacus manilatus

Other names and names in other languages (34)
  • مكاو أحمر البطنArabic
  • Тъмнозелен араBulgarian
  • guacamai caragrocCatalan
  • Guacamai de ventre vermellCatalan
  • ara rudobřichýCzech
  • Rødbuget DværgaraDanish
  • RotbaucharaGerman
  • ruĝventra araoEsperanto
  • Guacamayo ventrirrojoSpanish
  • Guacamayo de Vientre RojoSpanish
  • palmi-aaraEstonian
  • savanniaraFinnish
  • Ara macavouanneFrench
  • žutolica araCroatian
  • sárgaarcú araHungarian
  • vöröshasú araHungarian
  • Ara panciarossaItalian
  • ズグロヒメコンゴウインコJapanese
  • rausvapilvė araLithuanian
  • RoodbuikaraDutch
  • rustbukaraNorwegian
  • ara żółtolicaPolish
  • لال ٹڈ والے میکاعWestern Panjabi
  • maracanã-do-buritiPortuguese
  • arara-de-barriga-ruivaPortuguese
  • Maracanã-de-cara-amarelaPortuguese
  • Краснобрюхий араRussian
  • ara červenobrucháSlovak
  • Crvenotrba araSerbian
  • rödbukig araSwedish
  • Kırmızı Karınlı AraTurkish
  • ара жовтощокийUkrainian
  • 紅腹麥鷍Chinese
  • 红腹金刚鹦鹉Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistTAXREFWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the red-bellied macaw

Other species in the same family Psittacidae.

EN, Endangered
Grey parrot (Psittacus erithacus)

Grey parrot

Psittacus erithacus

Psittacidae

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the red-bellied macaw?

An adult red-bellied macaw weighs 372 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the red-bellied macaw endangered?

The red-bellied macaw is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the red-bellied macaw?

The red-bellied macaw (Orthopsittaca manilatus) belongs to the family Psittacidae in the order Psittaciformes.

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BibTeX
@misc{red_bellied_macaw_2026,
  title = {Red-bellied macaw (Orthopsittaca manilatus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/red-bellied-macaw},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}