Red-fronted Macaw
Ara rubrogenys
Aves
CRITICALLY ENDANGERED
Stats
- Lifespan
- 25-50 yrs
- Size
- Large
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Activity
- Diurnal
- Social
- Flock
- Biome
- Dry scrubland
- Range
- South America
- Movement
- Flight
- Breeding
- Egg-laying
- Defense
- Speed
- Status
- Critically Endangered
About
The Red-fronted Macaw is a parrot endemic to the Andes Mountains of Bolivia, a critically endangered species. It is capable of mimicking human speech, and is sometimes known as Lafresnaye's Macaw, named for the French ornithologist Frédéric de Lafresnaye, who was one of the first to describe the species.
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 rubrogenys