Great Green Macaw

Great Green Macaw, Grand Military Macaw
Family: PsittacidaeBuffon's Macaw - "Lulu"Ara ambiguaPhoto © Animal-World: Courtesy Cheryl Galloway
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We anticipated filming a show on the Great Green Macaws around Selva Verde Lodge and, having secured pretty good footage of the macaws, we decided to take a white-water rafting trip to search for Sunbitterns.

Great green macaw (Ara ambigua)
Mountain tapir (Tapirus pinchaque)
Guatemalan black howler (Alouatta pigra)
Brunellia (Brunellia darienensis)
Quararibea (Quararibea pendula)
Quararibea (Quararibea aurantiocalyx) ...

Buffon's Macaw or Great Green Macaw (Ara ambiguus)
Red-fronted Macaw (Ara rubrogenys)
Chestnut-fronted Macaw or Severe Macaw (Ara severa) - a dwarf macaw with prominent red in the upper edges of the wings.

Ara ambiguus : Buffon's Macaw or Great Green Macaw
Ara macao : Scarlet Macaw or Aracanga
Ara chloroptera : Greenwing Macaw or Red-and-green Macaw
Ara rubrogenys : Red-fronted Macaw
Ara severa : Chestnut-fronted Macaw or Severe Macaw ...

Rainforest Parrots include the Scarlet Macaw, the Blue and Yellow Macaw, the Great Green Macaw, the Military Macaw and the Mealy Parrot. Use the menu at the top of the page or click on a particular parrot to find out more about each species.

The species being considered for ESA listing are the blue-headed macaw, the crimson shining parrot, the great green macaw, the grey-cheeked parakeet, the hyacinth macaw, the military macaw, the Philippine cockatoo, the red-crowned parrot, ...

See also: Macaw, Parrot, Military macaw, Ibis, Emperor Penguin