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Hyacinth Macaw  

Also Known As: Hyacinthine Macaw, Blue Macaw, Black Macaw
 
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Hyacinth Macaw in flight

Credit: (c) Tomoko Imanishi
 
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Did You Know?
The Hyacinth Macaw takes palm nuts from ground from the undigested remains of cattle droppings.

Species Profile
Genus:
Anodorhynchus

Species:
hyacinthinus

Size: Adult Weight:
90-100cm (35-39 in) 1200-1450g (42-50.75 oz)

Races including nominate:
one

Colourization Adult: Both adults purple/blue body colour; slightly darker on wings, paler on head. Bill grey/black. Eye ring bare, yellow. Moon-shaped lappet surrounding base of mandible yellow. Eye dark brown.

Colourization Juvenile: As in adult but with shorter tail, and eye ring and lappets paler.

Call: Loud croaking and screeching notes, warning cry harsh and loud. Call sometimes two staccato notes with brief pause before repeating. While roosting will also scold, yap and growl, also deep purring. Flocks produce prodigious noise.

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Recent Academic Research: Google Scholar - search results

 

Content Sources:

BirdLife International http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=1543&m=0

CITES http://www.cites.org/eng/resources/species.html

Internet Bird Collection http://www.hbw.com/ibc/

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

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

Parrots: Status Survey and Conservation Plan 2000-2004, Snyder, McGowan, Gilardi and Grajal, 2000.

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.