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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
Anodorhynchus is a genus of large blue macaws from open and semi-open habitats in central and eastern South America. It includes two extant species, the hyacinth macaw and Lear's macaw also known as the indigo macaw, and one probably extinct species, the glaucous macaw. At about 100 centimetres (39 in) in length the hyacinth macaw is the ...
Species endangered in the wild by the pet trade, including non-animal domestic species such as ornamental plants.; It is generally a sublist of IUCN Red List species.; If a species is threatened, and wild-caught for the trade, it may be included in this category even if the scale of the threat posed by capture is unknown (as is often the case, especially if capture is illegal).
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.
Macaw conservation in Belize and Honduras in Central America; natural history of the el oro parakeet (Pyrrhura oresi) Determination of the status of the glaucous macaw and hyacinth macaw in Argentina and Paraguay; The genetics of the Puerto Rican parrot (Amazona vittata) Support for the Centro para la Conservation de los Psitacidos Mexicanos
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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]