he Lesser Antillean macaw (Ara guadeloupensis) was a parrot of the Guadeloupe

islands. There are no conserved specimens, but this macaw is known from several
contemporary accounts, and the bird is the subject of some illustrations. Austin
Hobart Clark made a species description based on these accounts in 1905. A phalanx
bone from the island of Marie-Galante confirmed the existence of a similar-sized
macaw predating the arrival of humans, and was correlated with the Lesser Antillean
macaw in 2015. According to contemporary descriptions, the body was red, the wings
were red, blue and yellow, and the solid red tail feathers were between 38 and 51
cm (15 and 20 in) long; apart from the tail feathers and its smaller size, this
description matches the scarlet macaw. These accounts also said that it ate fruit
(including the poisonous manchineel), nested in trees and laid two eggs once or
twice a year. Although it was said to be abundant in Guadeloupe, by 1760 it was
becoming rare and was soon eradicated, probably by disease and hunting. (Full
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