Stats

Lifespan

25-40 yrs

Size

Small

Diet

Herbivore

Activity

Diurnal

Social

Flock

Biome

Tropical savannah

Range

South America

Movement

Flight

Breeding

Egg-laying

Defense

Speed

Status

Rare

About

Red-shouldered Macaws are small green parrots native to the tropical lowlands, savannahs, and swamplands of Brazil, the Guianas, Bolivia, Venezuela, and far south-eastern Peru. It is the smallest macaw, being 30 cm (12 in) in length.

Life cycle

1. 1.
   egg

   A few round white eggs are incubated deep in a tree cavity, the female rarely leaving until they hatch.
2. 2.
   hatchling

   A featherless hatchling is fed regurgitated food by both parents inside a tree cavity.
3. 3.
   juvenile

   A feathered juvenile fledges with duller plumage than the adults, learning to crack seeds and to call.
4. 4.
   adult

   Fully grown with bright adult plumage.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Aves

Order

Psittaciformes

Family

Psittacidae

Genus

Diopsittaca

Species

Diopsittaca nobilis