Blue and Yellow Macaw (Ara Ararauna)
The Blue-and-Yellow Macaw (Ara ararauna), also known as the Blue-and-Gold Macaw, is a large blue (top parts) and yellow (under parts) South American parrot, a member of the large group of Neotropical parrots known as macaws. It inhabits forest (especially varzea, but also in open sections of terra firme(non-flooded forest)) and woodland of tropical South America. There has been a small breeding population in Miami-Dade County, Florida, since the middle 1980's.[2] They are popular in aviculture because of their striking color, ability to talk, ready availability in the marketplace, and close bonding to humans. The Blue-and-Yellow Macaw (Ara ararauna, Linnaeus 1758), is a member of the genus Ara (Lacepede 1799), one of 6 genera of Central and South American macaws. Protonym: Psittacus ararauna. The species name is derived from Tupi Ara onamatopoeia macao: macaw; Tupi arara: parrot +una: dark or black, hence "dark parrot/macaw".These birds can reach 76 to 86 cm (30 to 34 in) long and weigh 900 to 1500 grams ( to lbs), making it one of the larger members of its family. They are vivid in appearance with blue wings and tail, dark blue chin, golden under parts, and a green forehead. Beaks are black. The naked face is white, turning pink in excited birds, and lined with small black feathers. read more :
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