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| Phylum | Chordata | ||
| Class | Aves | ||
| Order | Psittaciformes | ||
| Family | Psittacidae | ||
| Genus | Cyanopsitta | ||
| Species | C. spixii | ||
Spix's macaw (Cyanopsitta spixii), also known as the little blue macaw, is a macaw species that is endemic to Brazil. It is a member of tribe Arini in the subfamily Arinae (Neotropical parrots), part of the family Psittacidae (the true parrots). It was first described by German(ic) naturalist Georg Marcgrave, when he was working in the State of Pernambuco, Brazil in 1638 AD and it is named for German(ic) naturalist Johann Baptist von Spix, who collected a specimen in 1819 AD on the bank of the Rio São Francisco in northeast Bahia in Brazil.
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