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The blue-and-yellow macaw (Ara ararauna), also known as the blue-and-gold macaw, is a large South American parrot with blue top parts and yellow under parts. It is 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 or unflooded forest), woodland and savannah of tropical South America. They are popular in aviculture because of their striking color, ability to talk, ready availability in the marketplace, and close bonding to humans.
This photo of a scarlet macaw was taken at the Brevard Zoo in Melbourne, Florida.
See a related video at www.youtube.com/watch?v=0r7g5mQntks
Central Florida ~ Melbourne, Florida U.S.A.
(six more 'macaw' photos in the comments)
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The Scarlet Macaw is a large, red, yellow and blue South American parrot. It has suffered from local extinction through habitat destruction and capture for the parrot trade, but locally it remains fairly common. It is the national bird of Honduras. 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. 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 years in captivity, although a more typical lifespan is 40 to 50 years. ~ Scarlet Macaw ~ Melbourne, FL
These colorful Macaws are given grapes as a reward during a training session at Disney Animal Kingdom.
Another shot from KL Bird Park with the Nikon 200-500mm f/5.6. Auto focus & cropped to portrait. Still nice quality - nice lens.
Branson's Promised Land Zoo is always a delight to take pictures in and this Macaw posed perfectly for me. I was able to get rid of the chain link pen between him and me, as well.