The Catalina macaw is a hybrid between the blue-and-yellow macaw and scarlet macaw. Catalina Macaws are hybrid, so they don't have a true scientific name. The best way to represent these birds in taxonomy is by the expression Ara ararauna x Ara Macao. The Macaws (Ara macao) have an enormous natural range in Central and South America and is found in two subspecies: Ara macao cyanoptera, which hails from Central America, primarily from Belize, Guatemala, Panama, Mexico, and Nicaragua.