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Blue-and-yellow Macaw
21.1548, -86.8351
Field Notes
Description:
These birds can reach 76–86 cm (29.9-33.9 inches) long and weigh 900 to 1300 g (2-3 lbs). They are vivid in appearance with blue wings and tail, dark blue chin, golden under parts and a green forehead. Beaks are black, and very strong for crushing nuts. The naked face is white, turning pink in excited birds, and lined with small black feathers.
Habitat:
It breeds in forest (especially varzea, but also in open sections of Terra Firme) and woodland of tropical South America from Trinidad and Venezuela south to south Brazil, Bolivia, and Paraguay.
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Blue-and-yellow Macaw
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PublishedFebruary 25, 2011
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