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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]
or Buffon's macaw (Ara ambiguus) 85–90 cm (33–36 in) long. Mostly green, red on forehead, green and blue wings [10] Central and South America, from Honduras to Ecuador: Blue-and-yellow macaw or blue-and-gold macaw (Ara ararauna) 80–90 cm (31.5–35.5 in) long. Mostly blue back and yellow front. Blue chin and green forehead.
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.
In 2024, the American Veterinary Medical Association found that 45.5% of US households own dogs while 32.1% own cats. ... Solid blue parrots like this stunning Hyacinth Macaw aren't as common as ...
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 ...
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]
Northeast South America and along the Colombia/Venezuela border west of Lake Maracaibo Scaly-headed parrot: P. maximiliani (Kuhl, 1820) LC: Paraguay, southern Brazil, and east and central Bolivia Blue-headed parrot: P. menstruus (Linnaeus, 1766) LC: Northern and central South America, excluding the Andes White-crowned parrot: P. senilis (von ...
Celebrated for its historical significance (the plane played a key role during air attacks in the Battle of Britain in 1940), this vintage model of the iconic fighter plane is a rare gem among ...