Talk:Macaw

message: Added some links off the Scarlet Macaw link
Belizian 19:04, 30 Aug 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: (above cut from article page)Just added the link  jimfbleak 06:12, 21 Feb 2005 (UTC)

text: Hello 149.88.1.36 (talk) 10:50, 7 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title: Parrot Preservation Society

message: Macacaw (called Arara in Portuguese) are quite predominant in Brazil (as the article says), and many people reffer to Macaws by tha name Araras (plural) in South America. Perhaps we could mention the name, or create a redirect from Arara to this article?
As for the Hyacinth Macaw, in Brazil it is called Arara Azul (Blue Arara, or Blue Macaw). I remmember that back in the 80s there was a huge project in Brazil that helped save this bird from extinction. --Pinnecco 11:26, 17 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Macaws in Brazil 

message: I have repeated Smallweed's deletion of status indicators on the species list. The status should go on each species account, and there is a taxobox line to do just that. Other bird species lists are exactly that, a list of Englsih and scientific names, and it is difficult to see why macaw should be an exception amongst thousands of bird pages (and it looks a mess). 
It's fair enough to point out in the text that many species are threatened. If the current practice is felt not to highlight the problem enough, why not create a page something like Conservation status of macaws, and link it back to the main article? jimfbleak 19:11, 13 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I reverted the original deletions, as they were partial. I have now taken care of the remaining ones. My point was just consistency, and no preference for either. --KimvdLinde 19:19, 13 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Status

message: O adder of hybrids—my opinion is that the article has a good array of pictures now with the taxobox picture and the ones in the gallery.  There are other macaw pictures at some of the articles on individual species, but I don't think they need to be duplicated here.  If you want to look for an available picture of a hybrid, try Wikipedia:Finding images tutorial.  I wouldn't object to seeing such a picture in the gallery, but I've got other things I want to work on more.
Thanks for fixing the problem about criticisms of hybrids.
By the way, even if you don't want to create an account (for some reason), you've got a talk page under your IP address.  Communicating with you there would be much easier than here. —JerryFriedman 21:46, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pictures 

message: See Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Proposals#Aviculture.  The purpose of this project is to help increase the amount and quality of content related to aviculture on wikipedia, and to maintain and organise articles relating to the subject, eventually bringing as many as possible up to good- or featured-article status. Snowman 16:46, 31 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Aviculture WikiProject proposal 

message: Some help on the species list, I am doing a project and cannot find a complete list, may I be provided with the species, maybe a photograph or small line of information or link provided too?
Thank you  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.51.101.122 (talk) 02:18, 3 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Macaw species 

message: I was thinking about adding a section that talks about how macaws and specifically their feathers were used by a number of early South American civilizations in ceremonial contexts. I saw the wiki page for the resplendent quetzal had a similar section. Would this be an acceptable edit? 
Forehann8651 (talk) 17:56, 21 November 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Relationship with humans section 

message: Why does this article assert, that the thick-billed parrot is not phylogenetically a macaw? It doesn't tell us what "phylogenetically a macaw" means, except that all macaws belong to Arini. The thick-billed parrot belongs to the genus Rhynchopsitta, while this article says that macaws are Ara, Anodorhynchus, Cyanopsitta, Primolius, Orthopsittaca and Diopsittaca. But why? This article never really says. I think macaws are polyphyletic anyway, so there's not really such a thing as "phylogenetically a macaw". --Grey Clownfish (talk) 09:43, 10 November 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Cool! Forger-Wiki (talk) 21:25, 29 April 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: I think maybe I should remove that part. It's unsourced, dubious and it's been 6 months. Grey Clownfish (talk) 22:22, 10 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Thick-billed parrot