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The Red-and-Green Macaw is a large bird. It is of the genus ara and belongs to the order of parrots. Buy Red-and-Green Macaw. It is also called Green-winged Macaw. Its plumage is mostly red but the wings are blue and on their upper part there is a characteristic green band. Some blue feathers are mixed to the red ones on the tail. The Green-winged Macaw sometimes loose tiny red feathers around the face. Typical of an ara is the strong and large bill. The upper beak is pale with a black tip, whereas the lower beak is completely dark colored. Its strong toes are gray. The gender can’t be told easily because females and males don’t differ in their appearance.
Description
The green-winged macaw is a large parrot covered with mostly red plumage. The wing and tail feathers are blue and green, hence its name. This macaw has a white naked face, striped with small red feathers. The beak is strongly hooked and the feet are zygodactylous (2 toes that point forward and 2 toes that point backward).
Features;
Size Approximately 65–92.5 cm (26–37 in); wingspan 102–122.5 cm (41–49 in).
Weight Approximately 1250–1700 g (43.8–59.5 oz.).
Diet Feeds on seeds, fruits, nuts, berries, leaves, salts and minerals of riverbanks.
Incubation Approximately 28 days.
Clutch Size Up to 3 eggs.
Fledgling Duration 90–100 days.
Sexual Maturity 3–4 years.
Life Span Up to 60–80 years.
Range Widely distributed throughout South America.
Habitat Found in tropical rain forests, savannas, and mangroves.
Wings;
The Red-and-Green Macaw achieves a wingspan up to 125 centimeters and a weight up to 1700 grams and a totally body length up to 100 centimeters. Aside from the Hyacinth Macaw it is the biggest species of the macaw family. Young Red-and-Green Macaws differ from adults. In contrast to old individuals their iris is brown not yellow and the lower beak isn’t black but gray.
Description
The green-winged macaw is a large parrot covered with mostly red plumage. The wing and tail feathers are blue and green, hence its name. This macaw has a white, naked face, striped with small red feathers. The beak is strongly hooked and the feet are zygodactylous (2 toes that point forward and 2 toes that point backward).
Size Approximately 65–92.5 cm (26–37 in); wingspan 102–122.5 cm (41–49 in).
Weight Approximately 1250–1700 g (43.8–59.5 oz.).
Diet Feeds on seeds, fruits, nuts, berries, leaves, salts and minerals of riverbanks.
Incubation Approximately 28 days.
Clutch Size Up to 3 eggs.
Fledgling Duration 90–100 days.
Sexual Maturity 3–4 years.
Life Span Up to 60–80 years.
Range Widely distributed throughout South America.
Habitat Found in tropical rain forests, savannas, and mangroves.
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The Military macaw also known as the green macaw is a medium-sized macaw with mostly green plumage. Buy green Macaw. Except for a red frontal band and a blue tinge on the back of head. The beak is black with a pale tip, the iris is yellow, and the feet are gray. Buy Military Macaw.
Facts
Size Approximately 70 cm (27.6 in.).
Weight Approximately 900 g (31.7 oz).
Diet Includes seeds, fruits, nuts, and berries.
Incubation Approximately 26 days, Clutch Size: 1–2 eggs, Fledgling Duration: 12 weeks.
Sexual Maturity 2–4 years.
Life Span 50–60 years.
Range Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, and Argentina.
Habitat Inhabits arid and semi-arid regions.
Population Global: Less than 10,000.
Status IUCN: Vulnerable.Fun Facts
Macaws are monogamous, remaining bonded for life. They are often seen flying in large flocks and the bonded pairs fly close together, their wings nearly touching.
In the wild, Military macaws often flock to mountains of clay known as “macaw licks.”
Military Macaws are playful and inquisitive and are able to mimic human vocalizations very well.
Macaws are extremely messy eaters. Their incredibly strong beaks are perfectly adapted for eating all sorts of nuts and seeds. As seen in their ability to crack open incredibly hard-shelled nuts with ease.
Macaws are able to reach speeds of up to 56 kph (35 mph).Ecology and Conservation
In the course of daily feeding, Military macaws allow plenty of seeds (while eating, as well as in their droppings) to fall to the forest floor, thus generating much of the forest growth. Buy Military Macaw
These birds suffer from deforestation. Humans destroy many of their nests and natural factors such predators, storms, illnesses, parasites, and competition for nesting cavities with other species including African bees.
Behavior
Military macaws live in large flocks and can live about 50–60 years in the wild. They can often be heard long before they are seen. They are a very noisy bird making a variety of loud cracking and shrieking sounds, including a loud kraa-aak.
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The Hyacinth Macaw (Andorhynchus hyacinthinus) is the largest of the macaw family. Buy Hyacinth Macaw Parrot. It ranges around 100 cm from head to end of the tail and is the largest species of flying parrot. These birds typically weigh around 1.2-1.7 kg, and only the Kea from New Zealand is heavier, but this is a ground dwelling bird.
Description
Hyacinth macaws are the largest of the parrots and, as their name implies, are covered with bright blue plumage. They have bare yellow eye ring circles around large black eyes. They have a yellow chin, and a strongly hooked beak. Zygodactylous feet (2 toes that point forward and 2 toes that point backward).
Size Approximately 100 cm (39 in.) Weight Approximately 1550–1600 g (3–3.5 lbs.).
Diet Includes seeds, fruits, nuts, and berries.
Incubation Approximately 29 days.
Clutch Size 2–3 eggs.
Fledgling Duration 4 months; then remain with parents for up to a year.
Sexual Maturity 2–4 years.
Life Span 30–50 years or more.
Range Southern Brazil and Western Bolivia.Habitat Found in tall trees and palms of swamps, forests, and near rivers.
The hyacinth macaw is the largest macaw species.
These macaws frequently travel together in small flocks of 1–8 pairs, and loudly call to one another.
Macaw pairs remained bonded.
In the wild, macaws often flock to mountains of clay known as “macaw licks.”
When disturbed, these bright birds screech loudly and circle overhead with their long tails streaming.
Macaws are playful and inquisitive and are able to mimic human vocalizations very well.
Macaws are able to reach flight speeds of up to 56 kph (35 mph).
Macaws eat palm nuts only after the nuts have passed through the digestive system of a cow.Ecology and Conservation.
In the course of daily feeding, macaws allow plenty of seeds (while eating, as well as in their droppings) to fall to the forest floor, thus regenerating much of the forest growth.
Highly prized as pets, they are listed on CITES because of over-collection for the pet trade and excessive habitat loss. Unfortunately, only about 2,500–5,000 exist in the wild today. Only domestically hatched birds should be considered for pets. Hyacinths in the home are large, loud, and destructive so great thought should accompany this decision.
Buy Scarlet Macaw
Buy Scarlet Macaw
The scarlet macaw (Ara macao) is a large red, yellow, and blue Central and South American parrot. Buy Scarlet Macaw. It is a member of a large group of Neotropical parrots called macaws. It is native to humid evergreen forests of tropical Central and South America. Range extends from south-eastern Mexico to the Peruvian Amazon, Colombia, Bolivia, Venezuela and Brazil. Found in lowlands of 500 m (1,640 ft) (at least formerly) up to 1,000 m (3,281 ft). It has suffered from local extinction through habitat destruction and capture for the parrot trade. In other areas it remains fairly common. Buy Scarlet Macaw Parrot. Formerly it ranged north to southern Tamaulipas. It can still be found on the island of Coiba. It is the national bird of Honduras. Like its relative the blue and gold macaw, scarlet macaws are popular birds in aviculture as a result of their striking plumage.
They have 2 sub species
A. m. macao (Linnaeus, 1758): South American scarlet macaw, the nominate subspecies. In the wings the medium and secondary coverts have green tip.
A. m. cyanopterus Wiedenfeld, 1995: North Central American scarlet macaw. The Central American scarlet macaw is larger and has blue on its wings instead of green.Description
It is about 81 centimeters (32 in) long, of which more than half is the pointed, graduated tail typical of all macaws, though the scarlet macaw has a larger percentage of tail than the other large macaws. Buy Scarlet Macaw. The average weight is about 1 kilogram (2.2 lb). The plumage is mostly scarlet, but the rump and tail-covert feathers are light blue, the greater upper wing coverts are yellow, the upper sides of the flight feathers of the wings are dark blue as are the ends of the tail feathers, and the undersides of the wing and tail flight feathers are dark red with metallic gold iridescence. Some individuals may have green in the wings.
There is bare white skin around the eye and from there to the bill. Tiny white feathers are contained on the face patch. The upper mandible is mostly pale horn in color and the lower is black. Juveniles have dark eyes; adults have light yellow eyes.
It is frequently confused with the slightly larger green-winged macaw, which has more distinct red lines in the face and no yellow in the wing. Buy Scarlet Macaw parrot.
Scarlet macaws make very loud, high and sometimes low-pitched, throaty squawks, squeaks and screams designed to carry many miles to call for their groups.
The scarlet macaw can live up to 75 or even 90 years in captivity, although a more typical lifespan is 40 to 50 years.Feeding
Scarlet macaws eat mostly fruits, nuts and seeds, including large, hard seeds and sodium packed dirt. Buy Scarlet Macaw.
Breeding
While comparatively docile at most times of the year, scarlet macaws may be formidably aggressive during periods of breeding. Scarlet macaws are monogamous birds, with individuals remaining with one partner throughout their lives. The hen lays two or three white eggs in a tree cavity. Buy Scarlet Macaw. The female incubates the eggs for about five weeks, and the chicks fledge from the nest about 90 days after hatching.They leave their parents about a year later. Juveniles reach sexual maturity at five years of age.
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The Hahn’s Macaw (Diopsittaca nobilis) is properly known as the Red Shouldered Macaw and is one of the smallest members of the Neotropical Macaw branch of the parrot family. It lives in tropical lowlands, swamps and savannah in Venezuela, Bolivia, the Guianas, Brazil and southeastern Peru. The Hahn’s is technically a subspecies along with the Noble Macaw, but Hahn’s is the term most commonly encountered in captive bred birds.
These parrots are generally around 30cm in length and weigh 165gm with the typical long narrow tail and large head seen in larger macaws. Their lifespan is around 30-40 years.
The Hahn’s Macaw (Diopsittaca nobilis) is properly known as the Red Shouldered Macaw and is one of the smallest members of the Neotropical Macaw branch of the parrot family. It lives in tropical lowlands, swamps and savannah in Venezuela, Bolivia, the Guianas, Brazil and southeastern Peru. The Hahn’s is technically a subspecies along with the Noble Macaw, but Hahn’s is the term most commonly encountered in captive bred birds.
These parrots are generally around 30cm in length and weigh 165gm with the typical long narrow tail and large head seen in larger macaws. Their lifespan is around 30-40 years.
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Origin:
Swamp and forest areas of South America.
Size:
Blue and Gold Macaws or blue and yellow macaw are large birds, and can reach lengths of up to 33 inches from the beak to the end of the tail feathers.Average Lifespan:
60+ years.Temperament:
Intelligent and sociable, the Blue and Gold Macaw also called Blue and Yellow Macaw usually does well as a pet when the owners are dedicated, responsible, and well informed.
They are large birds, and as such are capable of extremely loud vocalizations. Because of this, they may not be the best choice for those who live in apartments and condominiums, or who have small children.Colors:
Blue and Gold Macaws typically have a green forehead, fading into blue which covers the nape, back, tail, and wings. The chest and underside of the wings and belly are a bright golden yellow. They have large black beaks, and white patches of skin around their eyes and face. These patches are adorned with rings of tiny black feathers.Feeding:
Captive Blue and Gold Macaws should be fed a varied diet consisting of as many different types of fresh foods as possible. Fresh vegetables are always needed as well as leafy greens and root vegetables. The birds should be supplemented daily with a high quality pelleted diet and some healthy seed such as flax, hemp and chia seed, taking care to avoid treats that are high in fat.
