Stats

Lifespan: Up to 50 yrs
Size: Huge
Diet: Herbivore
Activity: Diurnal
Social: Pair
Biome: Tropical rainforest
Range: South America
Movement: Flight
Breeding: Egg-laying
Defense: Speed
Status: Vulnerable

About

The world's largest parrot by length, reaching 100 cm from bill to tail, draped entirely in vivid cobalt blue with striking bare yellow eye-rings and chin patches. It uses its powerful hooked beak to crack open palm nuts that no other bird can open.

Life cycle

1.
egg
A few round white eggs are incubated deep in a tree cavity, the female rarely leaving until they hatch.
2.
hatchling
A featherless hatchling is fed regurgitated food by both parents inside a tree cavity.
3.
juvenile
A feathered juvenile fledges with duller plumage than the adults, learning to crack seeds and to call.
4.
adult
Fully grown with bright adult plumage.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Psittaciformes
Family: Psittacidae
Genus: Anodorhynchus
Species: Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus