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Chestnut-fronted Macaw
Also Known As: Severe Macaw, Brazilian Green Macaw
Pair of Chestnut-fronted (Severe) Macaws at their nest in Northern Venezuela
Credit: (c) Armin Brockner
Species Profile
Genus:Ara
Species:
severus
| Size: | Adult Weight: |
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| 40-49cm (15.6-19 in) | 307-387g (10.7-13.5 oz) |
Races including nominate:
one
Colourization Adult: Both adults small green macaws with long tail, blue suffusion on crown, forehead, chin, and area around cheeks near bare face chestnut brown, bend of wing, wrist area, and lesser wing coverts red; underwings at flight feathers dark orange/red, tail red/brown tipped blue. Bill grey/black. Eye yellow. Face bare with fine lines of black feathers.
Colourization Juvenile: As in adults but with shorter tail and grey eye.
Call: Loud; calls include harsh screeches reminicent of braying donkey. Calls when at rest resemble Blue-and-yellow Macaw. High-pitched notes in flight.
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Content Sources:
Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chestnut-fronted_Macaw
PetCo http://www.petco.com/caresheets/bird/Macaw_Severe.pdf
Central Pets http://www.centralpets.com/animals/birds/parrots/prt5713.html
CITES http://www.cites.org/eng/resources/species.html
BirdLife International http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=1554&m=0
Internet Bird Collection http://www.hbw.com/ibc/
xeno-canto America http://www.xeno-canto.org/index.php
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Parrots of the World, Forshaw and Cooper, 1989.
Parrots of the World, Forshaw, 2006.
Parrots in Aviculture, Low, 1992.
Psittacine Aviculture, Schubot, Clubb and Clubb, 1992.
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