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Also known as yellow-bellied macaw, blue macaw (Amazon), canindé, yellow macaw, ara-arauna. It is one of the smartest parrots.
Its scientific name means: do (Tupi) ara = Tupi indigenous name to designate several parrot species; and of (Tupi) ara = parrot; and una = black, dark. ⇒ Dark parrot.
It measures about 80 cm in length. Large and long-tailed. Unmistakable and showy ultramarine blue coloration on the back, and golden yellow on the underside from the face, belly to the tail, throat with black line and bare area on the head with line of black feathers. Juveniles have grayish-brown wings and tail and brown eyes.
Migrates at certain times of the year in search of food. It travels great distances during the day, between resting and feeding places. It feeds basically on seeds, fruits and nuts.
They nest between December and May in holes in the trunk of large dead palm trees, between 10 and 25 meters high, laying 2 eggs, which are incubated for 24-26 days.
It is locally common in the canopy of forests, floodplains with palm trees, interior and edges of tall forests, at about 500 m altitude. It lives in pairs or in groups of 3 individuals, a combination also maintained when forming larger flocks of up to 30 individuals. It is currently one of the most notable large parrots in the urban environment, a phenomenon known as “urban macaws”.
Geographic distribution
From the Amazon to Paraná, and in the past it reached Santa Catarina. Also found in eastern Panama and northern Colombia, Venezuela, Guianas, Peru, Bolivia, as far north as Argentina and Paraguay and western Ecuador.
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My other curious friend at BioPark of Rio. ;))
Also known as yellow-bellied macaw, blue macaw (Amazon), canindé, yellow macaw, ara-arauna. It is one of the smartest parrots.
Its scientific name means: do (Tupi) ara = Tupi indigenous name to designate several parrot species; and of (Tupi) ara = parrot; and una = black, dark. ⇒ Dark parrot.
It measures about 80 cm in length. Large and long-tailed. Unmistakable and showy ultramarine blue coloration on the back, and golden yellow on the underside from the face, belly to the tail, throat with black line and bare area on the head with line of black feathers. Juveniles have grayish-brown wings and tail and brown eyes.
Migrates at certain times of the year in search of food. It travels great distances during the day, between resting and feeding places. It feeds basically on seeds, fruits and nuts.
They nest between December and May in holes in the trunk of large dead palm trees, between 10 and 25 meters high, laying 2 eggs, which are incubated for 24-26 days.
It is locally common in the canopy of forests, floodplains with palm trees, interior and edges of tall forests, at about 500 m altitude. It lives in pairs or in groups of 3 individuals, a combination also maintained when forming larger flocks of up to 30 individuals. It is currently one of the most notable large parrots in the urban environment, a phenomenon known as “urban macaws”.
Geographic distribution
From the Amazon to Paraná, and in the past it reached Santa Catarina. Also found in eastern Panama and northern Colombia, Venezuela, Guianas, Peru, Bolivia, as far north as Argentina and Paraguay and western Ecuador.