| Class | : Aves |
| Order | : Psittaciformes |
| Family | : Psittacidae |
| Subfamily | : Psittacinae |
| Genus Scientific | : Ara |
| Genus English | : Macaws |
| Genus Dutch | : Echte Ara's |
| Genus German | : Eigentliche Aras |
| Genus French | : Aras |
| Species Scientific | : Ara maracana |
| Species English | : Illiger's Macaw |
| Species Dutch | : Illigers Ara, Maracana Ara |
| Species German | : Rotrückenara, Maracana Ara |
| Species French | : Ara d'illiger |
| First description | : Vieillot 1816 |
| CITES status | : CITES I - PROTECTED |
| Distribution | : eastern Brazil, Mato Grosso in Brazil, Paraguay, north-eastern Argentina |
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