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Chestnut-fronted Macaw  (Ara severus)

Also Known As: Severe Macaw, Brazilian Green Macaw
 
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Pair of Chestnut-fronted (Severe) Macaws at their nest in Northern Venezuela

Credit: (c) Armin Brockner
 
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Did You Know?
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.

Status in the Wild
World Population:
Not recorded

Range: E Panama, Pacific slope of Andes in W Colombia to S Ecuador, and east of Andes from Colombia, E Ecuador and E Peru to Santa Cruz, E Bolivia; north of Amazon river east to W and S Venezuela and Guianas, and south fo Amazon river east to Mato Grosso, south-central Brazil. Introduced to S Florida, US.

Habitat:
Up to 1500m (4920 ft). Found in partly cleared and secondary forest, forest edge and open country with trees, humid lowland forest, varzea, swamp forest, palm groves, gallery forest and savanna. Avoids continuous terra firme forest.

Threat Summary:
Seems able to withstand, and even benefit from, selective logging and land clearing. Local declines reported (Cauca Valley, Colombia and W Ecuador).

IUCN Rating:
Least concern

Wild Diet:
Diet includes seeds, pulp and fruit; also flowers.

CITES Rating:
Appendix II

Ecology:
Are quiet in the canopy and hard to spot; roost communally. Usually in pairs or small flocks otherwise.

Clutch and Egg Size:
2 to 3 eggs, 38.5 x 30.5mm (1.5 x 1.2 in)

Breeding Season:
March-May, Colombia. February-March, Panama. September-December, Surinam.

More Info Sites:
http://www.cyberparrots.com/msev.html

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