Primolius auricollis (Cassin, 1853)

Rodríguez, Oscar, Castillo, Leandro, Smith, Paul & Castillo, Hugo del, 2019, Status and distribution of Paraguayan macaws (Aves: Psittacidae) with a new country record, Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 59, pp. 1-10 : 4

Yellow-collared Macaw Primolius auricollis Fig. 6

The first report of this species in Paraguay was of two females (specimens 242, 245) collected at Colonia Risso, Concepción department ( Salvadori, 1895). The species is widespread and locally common in the Cerrado, Cerrados del Chaco and Pantanal ecoregions, but rare in the Humid Chaco ecoregion.

Published departmental records are as follows: Alto Paraguay ( Orfila, 1936; Podtiaguin, 1944), Concepción ( Salvadori, 1895; Podtiaguin, 1944; López, 1992) and Presidente Hayes ( Laubmann, 1939; Podtiaguin, 1944).

Additional unpublished records of note are: Cerro León , Alto Paraguay department ( PS, July 2006, sight record) ; Puerto Ybapobó, San Pedro department (Tatiana Galluppi, 14 March 2017, sight record), which extend the distribution slightly to the southwest in the Chaco and south in the Oriental region respectively .

Details of specimens that we are aware of are provid- ed in Table 2.

Figures

Figure 6. Distribution of Yellow-collared Macaw Primolius auricollis in Paraguay.Black dots:recent visual record,Green dots:specimen record.