Rugby union in Martinique Rugby union in Martinique Rugby union in Martinique is a minor, but growing sport. The Comité Territorial de Rugby de la Martinique is a committee under the umbrella of the French Rugby Federation which is the governing body for rugby union within French Guiana. The committee is not affiliated to the IRB in its own right, but it is affiliated to NACRA, (formerly NAWIRA), which is the regional governing body for North America and the Caribbean. Rugby was introduced to Martinique by the French who colonised the area. More talented players tend to leave for Metropolitan France. There have been
Martinique macaw of Europeans. The identity and distribution of indigenous macaws in the Caribbean is only likely to be further resolved through palaeontological discoveries and examination of contemporary reports and artwork. Bouton's original description of the Martinique macaw is reproduced below, translated from French: A translation of the original French description of ""Ara erythrura"" by de Rochefort follows below: In spite of the fact that the tail of ""Ara erythrura"" was described as entirely red, the plate in Rothschild's "Extinct Birds" showed a blue tip, which Charles Wallace Richmond complained about in his review of the book. Martinique macaw The Martinique macaw