the Brazilian salmon pink bird-eating tarantula (Lasiodora parahybana). A major review of the genus drastically reduced the number of species recognized, from over 50 to 12, . Some species have been transferred to other genera, with others reduced to synonymy. Yet more names are considered to be doubtful in their application (nomina dubia). Species , the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species: Avicularia avicularia (Linnaeus, 1758) (type species) – Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Trinidad and Tobago, Brazil, Peru, Bolivia Avicularia caei Fukushima & Bertani, 2017 – Brazil Avicularia glauca Simon, 1891 – Panama Avicularia hirschii Bullmer, Thierer-Lutz & Schmidt, 2006 – Ecuador, Peru, Brazil Avicularia juruensis Mello-Leitão, 1923 – Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil Avicularia lynnae Fukushima & Bertani, 2017 – Peru, Ecuador Avicularia merianae Fukushima & Bertani, 2017 – Peru Avicularia minatrix Pocock, 1903 – Venezuela, Brazil Avicularia purpurea Kirk, 1990 – Colombia, Ecuador, Peru Avicularia rufa Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1945 – Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil Avicularia taunayi (Mello-Leitão, 1920) – Brazil Avicularia variegata F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896 – Venezuela, Brazil Transferred to other genera: Avicularia affinis (Nicolet, 1849) → Euathlus affinis Avicularia aymara (Chamberlin, 1916) → Thrixopelma aymara Avicularia caesia (C.L. Koch, 1842) → Caribena laeta Avicularia diversipes (C.L. Koch, 1842) → Ybyrapora diversipes Avicularia dubia → Vitalius dubius Avicularia duplex → Aphonopelma duplex Avicularia embrithes → Brachypelma embrithes Avicularia emilia → Brachypelma emilia Avicularia epicureana → Brachypelma epicureanum Avicularia gamba Bertani & Fukushima, 2009 → Ybyrapora gamba Avicularia geotoma → Aphonopelma geotoma Avicularia guyana → Eupalaestrus guyanus Avicularia hageni → Aphonopelma hageni Avicularia helluo → Aphonopelma helluo Avicularia hespera → Aphonopelma hesperum Avicularia hirsuta (Pocock, 1901) → Iridopelma hirsutum Avicularia imperatrix → Plesiopelma imperatrix Avicularia laeta (C. L. Koch, 1842) → Caribena laeta 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