Cuban Macaw (NHMW-Zoo-VS 50.796)

3D Model

3D scan of a taxidermized specimen of a Cuban Macaw, or Tricolored Macaw (Ara tricolor). This parrot species was native to Cuba and the neighboring island of Pines, before they were driven to extinction in the 2nd half of the 19th century. The use of Ara tricolor as food and pets and the deforestation of their habitat may have contributed to their extinction.

This bird mount is not visible in the exhibition of the museum – it is part of the scientific bird collection of the NHM Vienna that holds more than 130,000 objects.

Halls 29 to 32 of the NHM Vienna display many other bird specimens and species.

Specimen: Ara tricolor (Bechstein, 1811)

Inventory number: NHMW-Zoo-VS 50.796

Collection: Natural History Museum Vienna, 1st Zoological Dept., Bird Coll. (curator: Swen Renner)

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Scanned and edited by Anna Haider & Viola Winkler (NHMW)

Scanner: Artec Space Spider. Infrastructure funded by the FFG.