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It is the national bird of Honduras. Like its relative the blue-and-yellow macaw, the scarlet macaw is a popular bird in aviculture as a result of its striking plumage. It is the third most common macaw species in captivity after the Blue and Gold and Greenwing Macaw respectively.
The scarlet macaw is the national bird of Honduras. The birds of Honduras included a total of 798 species as of June 2023, according to La Asociación Hondureña de Ornitología (ASHO). [1] Between that date and August 2021, an additional 30 species have been added from Bird Checklists of the World [2] and one as a result of a split. [3]
eastern and southern Mexico and Panama through Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras and Belize, the island of Coiba, to Colombia and the Amazon Basin. Size: 81–96 cm (32–36 in) long. Mostly bright red, with red, yellow and blue in the wings. There is bare white skin around the each eye extending to the bill. Habitat: Diet: LC Military macaw
Country Name of bird Scientific name Official status Picture Ref. Afghanistan Golden eagle Aquila chrysaetos Yes Albania Golden eagle Aquila chrysaetos Yes Angola Red-crested turaco Tauraco erythrolophus Yes Anguilla Zenaida dove Zenaida aurita Yes Antigua and Barbuda Magnificent frigatebird Fregata magnificens Yes Argentina Rufous hornero Furnarius rufus Yes [8] Aruba "Prikichi" Brown ...
The great green macaw belongs to the genus Ara, which includes other large parrots, such as the scarlet macaw, the military macaw, and the blue-and-yellow macaw. [6]This bird was first described and illustrated in 1801 by the French naturalist François Le Vaillant for his Histoire Naturelle Des Perroquets under the name "le grand Ara militaire", using a skin deposited at the Muséum national ...
Important Bird Areas of Honduras (7 P) Pages in category "Birds of Honduras" The following 150 pages are in this category, out of 150 total.
The bird was once on the endangered species list, but conservation efforts led to it being taken off in 2007. This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Bald eagle officially recognized as ...
Guacamaya, a Nahuatl name for a macaw or the thick-billed parrot (Rhynchopsitta pachyrhyncha) Guacamaya, a genus of plants native to South America; Guacamaya Formation, a geologic formation in Mexico; Guacamayas, Boyacá, a town and municipality in the Colombian Department of Boyacá; Guacamaya (snack), a Mexican snack from León, Guanajuato