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Chestnut-fronted Macaw  

Also Known As: Severe Macaw, Brazilian Green Macaw
 
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Closeup of Chestnut-fronted Macaw

Credit: © Luiz Claudio Marigo | http://www.lcmarigo.com.br/ingles/index.htm
 
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The Severe Macaw is one of a group of birds called "mini macaws"; also established in feral populations at Miami and Fort Lauderdale, S Florida.

Species Profile
Genus:
Ara

Species:
severus

Size: Adult Weight:
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:

Central Pets

Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chestnut-fronted_Macaw

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://ibc.lynxeds.com/

xeno-canto America http://www.xeno-canto.org/index.php

Parrots: A Guide to Parrots of the World, Juniper and Parr, 1998.

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.