Blue-headed Macaw
Primolius couloni
Aves
VULNERABLE
Stats
- Lifespan
- 30-40 yrs
- Size
- Medium
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Activity
- Diurnal
- Social
- Flock
- Biome
- Tropical rainforest
- Range
- South America
- Movement
- Flight
- Breeding
- Egg-laying
- Defense
- Speed
- Status
- Vulnerable
About
The Blue-headed Macaw is a small, colorful bird native to eastern Peru, northwestern Bolivia, and far western Brazil. It is a member of the group of smaller macaws called mini-macaws, with a total length of about 41 cm (16 inches).
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.
Learn more
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Psittaciformes
- Family
- Psittacidae
- Genus
- Primolius
- Species
- Primolius couloni