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Hyacinth macaw or hyacinthine macaw (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus) 100 cm (39 in) long, 120-140 cm (48-56 in) wingspan. It is almost entirely blue and has black under the wings. It has a large black beak with bright yellow along the sides of the lower part of the beak and also yellow eyerings. [5] South America Lear's macaw or indigo macaw
A quick Google search reveals that Hyacinth Macaws can cost anywhere from $5,000 to $50,000. This is because they are very rare and difficult to breed. This is because they are very rare and ...
The Hyacinth macaw mostly nests in Manduvi trees, which rely on the toco toucan for 83.3% of the tree's distribution of seeds. The toco toucan also feeds on 53% of the hyacinth macaw's offspring as eggs. [13] Eggs are also regularly preyed on by corvids such as jays and crows, [14] [15] opossums, [14] skunks [15] and coatis.
The scale of the problem can be seen in the Tony Silva case of 1996, in which a parrot expert and former director at Tenerife's Loro Parque (Europe's largest parrot park) was jailed in the United States for 82 months and fined $100,000 for smuggling hyacinth macaws (such birds command a very high price.) [120]
A macaw's facial feather pattern is as unique as a fingerprint. [4] The largest macaws are the hyacinth, Buffon's (great green) and green-winged macaws. While still relatively large parrots, mini-macaws of the genera Cyanopsitta, Orthopsittaca and Primolius are significantly smaller than the members of Anodorhynchus and Ara.
A Lear's macaw sells for approximated $60,000-$90,000 [45] Hyacinth macaws sell for $5000–$12,000 per mature breeding pair [45] Captive bred blue-and-yellow macaw were sold for around $1,800 in the United States in the early 1980s, and for $650 to $900 in the early 1990s [44]
Despite belonging to a different genus, hybrids between the hyacinth macaw and Ara species have also been produced. [3] [4] Because macaw species are able to hybridize and produce viable offspring, scientists study and breed them in captivity to better understand hybridization, and understand their importance in preserving endangered macaw species.
Original – Hyacinth Macaw, Reason The largest flying parrot species, nice appearance. Articles in which this image appears Hyacinth Macaw FP category for this image Animals/Birds Creator Hank Gillette Alt 1. Support as nominator--Brand meister talk 14:20, 12 April 2012 (UTC) Support - Quite nice Crisco 1492 15:02, 12 April 2012 (UTC)