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Status in the Wild

World Population:
1000-4000

Range: Restricted to small area on E Andean slope of C and S Bolivia.

Habitat:
Found in xerophilous thorny scrub with cacti and scattered trees and shrubs. Also steep-sided, undisturbed riverside cliffs for nesting and roosting. Also occur in cultivated areas.

Threat Summary:
Approximately 40% of natural vegetation of habitat converted to agricultural use by 1991, habitat degradation by grazing domestic animals, food trees harvested for fuel and charcoal. Some persecution as crop pest as macaw's food sources disappear. Some illegal trapping still occurs, although much reduced through protection.

IUCN Rating:
Endangered

Wild Diet:
Diet includes seeds and fruits but this often scarce so birds feed also on crop plants such as maize and groundnuts.

CITES Rating:
Appendix I

Ecology:
Nesting singly or loose colonies; birds gregarious with large flocks forming in pre-roosting flights and after breeding.

Clutch and Egg Size:
1 to 3 eggs.

Breeding Season:
November-April

Project Status (WPT):
WPT has completed surveys of nesting populations and is working with local government to improve enforcement of anti-poaching laws.
See: http://www.parrots.org/index.php/ourwork/redfrontedmacaw/

Links to Other Project(s):
http://www.rufford.org/rsg/Projects/TriciaJ.Peterson.html

More Info Sites:
http://www.macawlanding.org/redfront.html

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

http://elibrary.unm.edu/sora/Wilson/v103n03/p0357-p0365.pdf

http://www.ibiologia.unam.mx/pdf/links/neo/rev8/vol8_2/vol_8_2_133-143.pdf