Blue and Yellow Macaw

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Bird name: Blue and Yellow Macaw
Latin: Ara ararauna
Other: Arara-canindé (Br) • Guacamayo azul y amarillo (Es)
Family: Psittacidae • Parrots, Macaws
Range: Amazonia: Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Venezuela, Guyanas and Colombia
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The fabulous Blue and Yellow Macaw seen here in Para on farmland. Unfortunately the Blue and Yellow Macaw is often seen in zoos or captive - wonderful here to walk up to a beautiful wild pair.

They were chewing on an old stump in the early morning in a section of fields in Para that was a large roosting ground for parrots of various different sorts, and just getting ready to fly to their feeding grounds further north for the day.

The Blue and Yellow Macaw is a large bird, yellow-orange on the underside, blue on the upperside, large black bill, long tail - no other bird like it.



Above and below: Wild Blue and Yellow Macaws, Para, Brazil, Sep 2011