Scarlet macaw
species of bird
The scarlet macaw (Ara macao) is a type of parrot. It is native to humid evergreen forests of tropical South America.
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| Ara macao Linnaeus, 1758
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Range of the scarlet macaw
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Its range is from south-eastern Mexico to Amazonian Peru, Bolivia, Venezuela and Brazil in lowlands up to 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, but locally it remains fairly common. It is the national bird of Honduras.
References
change- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Ara macao". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
Other websites
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Scarlet macaw.
Wikispecies has information on: Scarlet macaw.
- Scarlet Macaw in-depth research article.
- Tambopata Macaw project Archived 2012-07-01 at the Wayback Machine long term research project in south east Peru
- World Parrot Trust Parrot Encyclopedia — Species Profiles
- Scarlet macaw videos on the Internet Bird Collection
- Page of photographs of Scarlet and green-winged macaws at a clay lick from Parrots International Archived 2016-08-28 at the Wayback Machine
- Scarlet macaw photo on PBase
- Stamps (15 countries) with RangeMap
- Ara macao conservation and reintroduction in Costa Rica
- Scarlet macaw in illegal traffic in Nicaragua
- The Scarlet Macaw Genome Project
