<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>Any of various large, long-tailed parrots of tropical and subtropical America, noted for their brilliant plumage and distinctive light-colored facial patches.</li><li>Of the six macaw genera, Ara includes the most familiar and greatest number of species.</li><li>Cyanopsitta has just one species, C. spixii (Spix's macaw), a small, blue macaw, now classified as possibly extinct in the wild.</li></ul>