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Blue and Gold Macaw
Also Known As: Blue and Yellow Macaw, Yellow-breasted Macaw, Blue Macaw
Blue and Gold Macaw profile
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Did You Know?
Paired birds often fly so close to one another that their wings almost touch.
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Species Profile
Genus:Ara
Species:
ararauna
| Size: | Adult Weight: |
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| 86 cm (33.5 in) | 1040-1286g (36.4-45 oz) |
Races including nominate:
one
Colourization Adult: Both adults bright blue above, mostly golden-yellow below; with long blue and yellow tail; bare white facial disc with fine lines of green feathers; throat black; crown and forehead green. Large black/grey bill. Eye yellow.
Colourization Juvenile: As in adult but with grey/brown eye.
Call: Loud raucous calls, some harsh. Most calls gutteral with varying sounds.
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Content Sources:
Article "Macaws as Companions", by Joanne Abramson http://www.exoticbird.com/macawspart1.html
Animal World - About Macaws http://animal-world.com/encyclo/birds/macaws/MacawProfile.htm#Activities
CITES http://www.cites.org/eng/resources/species.html
BirdLife International http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=1547&m=0
Internet Bird Collection http://ibc.lynxeds.com/
ML Media Collection Catalogue 75212, Blue and yellow Macaw Ara ararauna, Marantz, Curtis, Madre de Dios, Peru, Aug. 13 1994, Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Parrots: A Guide to Parrots of the World, Juniper and Parr, 1998.
Parrots of the World, Forshaw and Cooper, 1977,1989.
Parrots of the World, Forshaw, 2006.
Parrots in Aviculture, Low, 1992.
Psittacine Aviculture, Schubot, Clubb and Clubb, 1992.
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