Blue and gold macaw

Blue and Gold Macaw

Blue and Yellow Macaw, Bolivian Blue and Gold Macaw
Family: PsittacidaeBlue and Gold Macaw - "Simba"Ara araraunaPhoto © Animal-World. Courtesy: David Brough ...

Blue and gold macaw
Ara ararauna
Blue and gold macaws are common in rainforests in Mexico, Central America and northern South America. They are herbivores. Blue and gold macaws use their beaks as a "third foot" to help them climb.

Blue and Gold Macaw
The 17 species of macaws, like all other parrots, mate for life.
You won't find any blue and gold macaws at the Zoo, but you might spot our scarlet macaw in Amazonia.

Blue and Gold Macaws are large, brightly colored tropical birds. They are adept at tree climbing, using their beak and feet
to climb. Their beak can bite down with 300 pounds of pressure.

Military macaw, Blue and gold macaw, Red-faced parrot
Granivore
Grains, seeds ...

Blue and Gold Macaw: Its biological name is 'ara ararauna'. It is blue and yellow in color, that is why, it is also called blue and yellow macaw. It is mostly found in the tropical South America.

: Also known as the blue and gold macaw, this bird has very striking colours, being mainly a very bright blue on top and yellow-orange underneath. The upper part of the body including the back, upper wings and upper tail feathers are a brilliant blue.

Even the most well cared for blue and gold macaw will "scream" and make other loud noises. Loud vocalizations and destructive chewing are natural parts of their behavior and should be expected in captivity.

Blue and Gold Macaws and Green-Wing Macaws are said to make the best pets. Macaws must have daily attention or the birds may become bored, distressed, anti-social and destructive.

Only the Blue and Gold Macaw isn´t listed at CITES as endareged specie in the wild. The Spix's Macaw has only seven surviving specimens in captivity and, as well as the Glaucous Macaw, it´s probably extinct in the wild.

This species was unknown to aviculture until the 1970s and still today a limited number of ornithologists are unsure if it is truly a separate species, but rather a subspecies of the blue and gold macaw (Ara ararauna).
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These macaws also have black around chin and cheeks, and the naked skin of cheeks is pinkish-white with lines of very small, isolated black feathers. The blue and gold macaw has a strongly hooked beak and zygodactylous feet (2 toes that point ...

See also: Macaw, Parrot, Conure, Cockatoo, Coral