Red-and-green Macaw
Ara chloropterus
Aves
APPENDIX II
Stats
- Lifespan
- 50-60 yrs
- Size
- Large
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Activity
- Diurnal
- Social
- Pair
- Biome
- Tropical rainforest
- Range
- South America
- Movement
- Flight
- Breeding
- Egg-laying
- Defense
- Flock Safety
- Status
- Appendix Ii
About
The Red-and-green Macaw is the largest species in the Ara genus, its deep scarlet plumage sweeping into iridescent green and vivid blue across the wings. Its bare white facial patch is etched with fine lines of tiny red feathers — a pattern as unique to each individual as a fingerprint.
Life cycle
- 1.eggA few round white eggs are incubated deep in a tree cavity, the female rarely leaving until they hatch.
- 2.hatchlingA featherless hatchling is fed regurgitated food by both parents inside a tree cavity.
- 3.juvenileA feathered juvenile fledges with duller plumage than the adults, learning to crack seeds and to call.
- 4.adultFully grown with bright adult plumage.
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Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Psittaciformes
- Family
- Psittacidae
- Genus
- Ara
- Species
- Ara chloropterus