Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The current editor Laura Doering, has worked for Bird Talk since 1998. [3] In November 2006, Bird Talk launched their website BirdChannel.com. [4] One of Bird Talk's recent features interactive contests was the World's First Bird Dance-Off, where bird owners sent in videos of their birds dancing and BirdChannel.com visitors voted on the Top ...
ConsumerAffairs is an American customer review and consumer news platform that provides information for purchasing decisions around major life changes or milestones. [5] The company's business-facing division provides SaaS that allows brands to manage and analyze review data to improve their products and customer service.
The bird was first described by English naturalist and illustrator William Swainson who designated it Macrocercus pachyrhynchus in Philosophical Magazine, new ser., 1, no. 6, p. 439 (1827). Swainson evidently thought that because of its size and heavy beak, that it was a macaw (at that time, any parrot of the genus Sittace, or Macrocercus).
The neotropical parrots or New World parrots comprise about 150 species in 32 genera found throughout South and Central America, Mexico, the Caribbean islands and the southern United States. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Among them are some of the most familiar and iconic parrots, including the blue and gold macaw , sun conure , and yellow-headed amazon .
Blue-and-yellow macaws can live from 30 to 35 years in the wild, and reach sexual maturity between the ages of 3 and 6 years. [7] Little variation in plumage is seen across the range. Some birds have a more orange or "butterscotch" underside color, particularly on the breast. This was often seen in Trinidad birds and others of the Caribbean area.
The Electric Company Magazine, Scholastic (1972–1987) Enter, Sesame Workshop (1983–1985) Highlights for Children; Hot Dog!, Scholastic (1979–199?) Jack and Jill, The Saturday Evening Post (1938-2009) Lego Magazine (defunct) Muse; National Geographic Kids Magazine; Nickelodeon Magazine (defunct) The Open Road for Boys (defunct)
The glaucous macaw (Anodorhynchus glaucus) is a critically endangered or possibly extinct species of large, blue and grey South American parrot, a member of a large group of neotropical parrots known as macaws. This macaw is closely related to Lear's macaw (A. leari) and the hyacinth macaw (A. hyacinthinus).
Spix's macaw is the only known species of the genus Cyanopsitta.The genus name is derived from the Ancient Greek kuanos meaning "blue" and psittakos meaning "parrot". [6] The species name spixii is a Latinized form of the surname "von Spix", hence Cyanopsitta spixii means "blue parrot of Spix". [6]