Avicularia

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	Female Avicularia versicolor
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Family:	Theraphosidae
Subfamily:	Aviculariinae
Genus:	Avicularia; Lamarck, 1818
Species
	See article
Diversity
	54 species
Synonyms
	Ancylochiros Mello-Leitão, 1920; Avicuscodra Strand, 1908; Eurypelma C. L. Koch, 1850

Avicularia is a genus of the family Theraphosidae containing various species of tarantulas. The genus is native to tropical South America. Each species in the genus has very distinguishable pink foot pads.

One of the most notable features of the Avicularia species is its odd method of defense. When threatened, their first choice is to jump or run away as quickly as possible - occasionally, though, they will launch a jet of excrement at the perceived threat. Adults are capable of good accuracy and a range of 0.5–1 m (2 or 3 feet).

There is also a belief that they may be the reason behind rumors of "flying spiders" in the rainforests they are native to, as they are quite adept at jumping. Their legs, however, prevent them from gaining much height in making a jump.

Avicularia avicularia are among the tarantulas most commonly kept as pets.

Species

Avicularia (Lamarck, 1818) [Senior synonym of Eurypelma {C. L. Koch, 1850}, Ancylochiros (Mello-Leitão, 1920), and Avicuscodra [Strand, 1908]]
Type species: Avicularia avicularia

Transferred to other genera:
Avicularia annulipes → Euoplos annulipes (Idiopidae)
Avicularia anthracina → Grammostola antracina
Avicularia aureoceps → Brachypelma aureoceps
Avicularia bistriata → Ephebopus murinus
Avicularia borelli → Grammostola borelli
Avicularia brunnipes → Kochiana brunnipes
Avicularia caniceps → Aphonopelma caniceps
Avicularia conspersa → Rachias conspersus (Nemesiidae)
Avicularia cyaneopubescens → Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens
Avicularia deborrii (Becker, 1879) → Tapinauchenius plumipes
Avicularia dubia → Vitalius dubius
Avicularia duplex → Aphonopelma duplex
Avicularia embrithes → Brachypelma embrithes
Avicularia emilia → Brachypelma emilia
Avicularia epicureana → Brachypelma epicureanum
Avicularia geotoma → Aphonopelma geotoma
Avicularia guyana → Eupalaestrus guyanus
Avicularia hageni → Aphonopelma hageni
Avicularia helluo → Aphonopelma helluo
Avicularia hespera → Aphonopelma hesperum
Avicularia imperatrix → Plesiopelma imperatrix
Avicularia lanceolata → Aphonopelma lanceolatum
Avicularia latens → Aphonopelma latens
Avicularia magdalena (Karsch, 1879) → Hapalopus formosus
Avicularia marxi → Aphonopelma marxi
Avicularia mendozae → Grammostola mendozae
Avicularia mesomelas → Megaphobema mesomelas
Avicularia minax (Thorell, 1894) → Grammostola doeringi
Avicularia muritelaria (Holmberg, 1876) → Kukulcani ahibernalis [Hentz, 1842] {Filistatidae}
Avicularia myodes → Plesiopelma myodes
Avicularia obscura → Ami obscura
Avicularia pallida → Aphonopelma pallidum
Avicularia palmicola (Mello-Leitão, 1945) → Iridopelma hirsutum
Avicularia panamensis → Sericopelma panamense
Avicularia parva → Catumiri parvum
Avicularia parvior → Lasiodora parvior
Avicularia pulchra (Mello-Leitão, 1933) and Avicularia recifiensis [Struchen & Brändle, 1996] → Pachistopelma rufonigrum
Avicularia regina (Chamberlin, 1917) → Homoeomma strabo
Avicularia rustica → Aphonopelma rusticum
Avicularia sabulosa → Brachypelma sabulosum
Avicularia saltator (Pocock, 1903) → Eupalaestrus weijenberghi
Avicularia seemanni → Aphonopelma seemani
Avicularia seladonia → Typhochlaena seladonia
Avicularia serrata → Aphonopelma serratum
Avicularia smithi → Brachypelma smithi
Avicularia spinicrus → Citharacanthus spinicrus
Avicularia steindachneri → Aphonopelma steindachneri
Avicularia stoica → Aphonopelma stoicum
Avicularia tamaulipeca → Clavopelma tamaulipeca
Avicularia tripeppi → Nhandu tripeppi
Avicularia truncata → Aphonopelma truncatum
Avicularia vagans → Brachypelma vagans
Avicularia vellutina → Vitalius vellutinus
Avicularia violacea → Tapinauchenius violaceus
Avicularia wacketi → Vitalius wacketi
Avicularia zorodes → Iridopelma zorodes

Avicularia affinis (Nicolet, 1849) — Chile
Avicularia ancylochira (Mello-Leitão, 1923) — Brazil, the Peruvian Red Stripe Pinktoe, Peruvian Red And Black Pinktoe, Peruvian Monochromatic Pinktoe
Avicularia arabica (Strand, 1908) — South America? [originally thought to be from Egypt]
Avicularia aurantiaca (Bauer, 1996) — Peru, the Peruvian Cinammon Pinktoe, Peruvian Yellow Banded Pinktoe
Avicularia avicularia (Linnaeus, 1758) — Costa Rica to Brazil, [northern range may begin in southern Mexico], the {French Guianese, Brazilian} Pinktoe, Common Pinktoe
Avicularia aymara (Chamberlin, 1916) — Peru
Avicularia azuraklaasi (Tesmoingt, 1996) — Peru, the Peruvian Powder Blue Pinktoe
Avicularia bicegoi (Mello-Leitão, 1923) — Brazil, the Brazilian Brick Red Pinktoe
Avicularia braunshauseni (Tesmoingt, 1999) — Brazil, the Brazilian Goliath Pinktoe
Avicularia caesia (C. L. Koch, 1842) — Puerto Rico
Avicularia cuminami (Mello-Leitão, 1930) — Brazil
Avicularia detrita (C. L. Koch, 1842) — Brazil
Avicularia diversipes (C. L. Koch, 1842) — Brazil, the [Brazilian] Amazon Sapphire Pinktoe
Avicularia doleschalli (Ausserer, 1871) — Brazil
Avicularia exilis (Strand, 1907) — Suriname
Avicularia fasciculata (Strand, 1907) — South America
Avicularia gamba (Bertani & Fukushima, 2009) — Brazil
Avicularia geroldi (Tesmoingt, 1999) — Brazil, the Brazilian Blue Green Pinktoe
Avicularia glauca (Simon, 1891) — Panama
Avicularia gracilis (Keyserling, 1891) — Brazil
Avicularia hirschii (Bullmer, Thierer-Lutz & Schmidt, 2006) — Ecuador, the Ecuadorian Black Stripe Pinktoe, Ecuadorian Black And Red Pinktoe, Ecuadorian Monochromatic Pinktoe, Ecuadorian Monochromatic Black Stripe Pinktoe
Avicularia hirsuta (Ausserer, 1875) — Cuba
Avicularia holmbergi (Thorell, 1890) — Guyane [French Guiana]
Avicularia huriana (Tesmoingt, 1996) — Ecuador, the Ecuadorian Woolly Pinktoe
Avicularia juruensis (Mello-Leitão, 1923) — Brazil, the Brazilian Yellow Banded Pinktoe
Avicularia laeta (C. L. Koch, 1842) — Brazil, Puerto Rico, the Puerto Rican Pinktoe, Puerto Rican Cinammon Pinktoe
Avicularia leporina (C. L. Koch, 1841) — Brazil
Avicularia metallica (Ausserer, 1875) — Suriname, French Guiana [Guyane], the {Surinamese} White Toe
Avicularia minatrix (Pocock, 1903) — Venezuela, the Venezuelan Red Stripe Pinktoe
Avicularia nigrotaeniata (Mello-Leitão, 1940) — Guyana
Avicularia ochracea (Perty, 1833) — Brazil
Avicularia plantaris (C. L. Koch, 1842) — Brazil
Avicularia purpurea (Kirk, 1990) — Ecuador, the Ecuadorian Purple Pinktoe
Avicularia rapax (Ausserer, 1875) — South America
Avicularia rickwesti (Bertani & Huff, 2013) — Dominican Republic, Rick West's Pinktoe, Dominican Republic Pinktoe
Avicularia rufa (Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1945) — Brazil
Avicularia rutilans (Ausserer, 1875) — Colombia
Avicularia sooretama (Bertani & Fukushima, 2009) — Brazil, the Sooretama Reserve Pinktoe
Avicularia soratae (Strand, 1907) — Bolivia
Avicularia subvulpina (Strand, 1906) — South America
Avicularia surinamensis (Strand, 1907) — Suriname
Avicularia taunayi (Mello-Leitão, 1920) — Brazil
Avicularia ulrichea (Tesmoingt, 1996) — Brazil
Avicularia urticans (Schmidt, 1994) — Peru, the Peruvian Purple Pinktoe
Avicularia velutina (Simon, 1889) — Venezuela, Trinidad, the Trinidadian Pinktoe
Avicularia versicolor (Walckenaer, 1837) — Guadeloupe & Martinique, [Lesser Antilles], the Antillean Pinktoe
Avicularia walckenaeri (Perty, 1833) — Brazil, the Parahyba Scarlet Pinktoe, Brazilian Orange Toe