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 LC    Blue-and-yellow Macaw* Id (Atlas):
    Ara ararauna

Description (10)
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Other Names (World)
Blue-and-yellow Macaw, Blue-and-gold Macaw

Family
Psittacidae (Parrots)

Size
75 - 87 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Linnaeus, 1758)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest. From sea-level - 500 m.

Range (Guide)
Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago (E), Venezuela.

Introduced to Puerto Rico.

Eastern Panama through Colombia east to southern Venezuela, the Guianas and Brazil, and south to western and eastern Ecuador, eastern Peru and north-eastern Bolivia; formerly occurred on Trinidad, and apparently also in Paraguay and northern Argentina. Also listed for western Ecuador, where probably extinct.
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (64)...)

 
Blue-and-yellow Macaw (Ara ararauna) [XC237994]
     by Niels Krabbe from Orellana: 'Maxus' road km 37 (27 km SSE Pompeya), Ecuador (call, calls)

 
Blue-and-yellow Macaw (Ara ararauna) [XC788973]
     by JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA from Monte Alegre Rio Paran\u00e3-Comunidade Sucuri-Boc\u00e3o, Brazil (call, flight call)

Subspecies
No subspecies.


References
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Files:
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