Blue-winged Macaw
Primolius maracana
Aves
RARE
Stats
- Lifespan
- 50-60 yrs
- Size
- Medium
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Activity
- Diurnal
- Social
- Flock
- Biome
- Tropical rainforest
- Range
- South America
- Movement
- Flight
- Breeding
- Egg-laying
- Defense
- Speed
- Status
- Rare
About
The Blue-winged Macaw, or Illiger's Macaw, is a small, bright blue bird native to the forests of Central and Eastern South America. They are known for their intelligence and ability to mimic sounds, and can live for 50 to 60 years.
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
- Primolius
- Species
- Primolius maracana