Editing Anodorhynchus (section)

{{Short description|Genus of birds}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus-1cp.jpg
| image_caption = [[Hyacinth macaw]]
| taxon = Anodorhynchus
| authority = [[Johann Baptist von Spix|Spix]], 1824
| type_species = ''[[Hyacinth macaw|Anodorhynchus maximiliani]]''<ref name=HM4>{{cite web |url= https://www.aviansystematics.org/checklist?viewfamilies=67 |title= Psittacidae |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= |website= aviansystematics.org |publisher= The Trust for Avian Systematics |access-date= 2023-07-24}}</ref> = ''Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus''
| type_species_authority = von Spix 1824
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = ''A. glaucus'' <small>(Vieillot, 1816)</small><br/>
''A. hyacinthinus'' <small>(Latham, 1790)</small><br/>
''A. leari'' <small>Bonaparte, 1856</small>
}}

'''''Anodorhynchus''''' is a genus of large blue [[macaw]]s from open and semi-open habitats in central and eastern [[South America]]. It includes two [[extant species]], the [[hyacinth macaw]] and [[Lear's macaw]] also known as the indigo macaw, and one probably [[extinct]] species, the [[glaucous macaw]]. At about {{convert|100|cm|in}} in length the hyacinth macaw is the longest parrot in the world. Glaucous and Lear's macaws are exclusively cliff nesters; hyacinth macaws are mostly tree nesters. The three species mainly feed on the nuts from a few species of palms (notably ''[[Acrocomia aculeata]]'', ''[[Attalea phalerata]]'', ''[[Butia yatay]]'' and ''[[Syagrus coronata]]'').

While blue macaws have been known from taxidermic and captive specimens since at least 1790,{{citation needed|date=December 2013}} location of the Lear's macaw's endemic habitat wasn't known until 1978.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Sick|first=H|author2=Teixeira DM |author3=Gonzaga LP|title=Our discovery of the land of the Lear's Macaw (Anodorhynchus leari).|journal=Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências|year=1979|issue=51|pages=575–576}}</ref> 
  
The glaucous macaw was extirpated in the 1800s by clearance for agriculture and cattle grazing of the yatay palm (Butia yatay) groves upon which it fed,<ref>{{cite journal|author=Yamashita, Valle|title=On the linkage between Anodorhynchus macaws and palm nuts, and the extinction of Glaucous Macaw. 113|journal=Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club|year=1993|volume=113|pages=53–60}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|author=Begazo, Munn|author2=Castelino, Yamashita|title=Humans caused the first proven extinction of a South American land bird: a post mortem for the Glaucous Macaw Anodorhynchus glaucus|journal=Draft|date=n.d.}}</ref> though rumors of its continued existence persist. Lear's macaws have made a comeback from near extinction in the early 1980s (about 60 birds) to over 1000 as a result of conservation programs. Hyacinth macaws remain locally common within parts of their range, but their range has become fragmented into three known distinct populations in southern Brazil, eastern Bolivia and northeastern Paraguay; populations are declining due to extensive trapping for the pet trade as well as habitat loss.

All ''Anodorhynchus'' macaws are listed on [[CITES]] Appendix I.