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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
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] Live birds and bird eggs are the second most common major seizure by the Australian Customs Service [46] The price of a blue and gold macaw could be as high as $1200 in the early 1990s [47]
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.
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 ...
IUCN Red List Status Range Picture Glaucous macaw: A. glaucus (Vieillot, 1816) CR: A small population in northeast Argentina near the Argentina/Brazil/Paraguay border Hyacinth macaw: A. hyacinthinus (Latham, 1790) g VU: Lear's macaw: A. leari Bonaparte, 1856: e EN
The family contains 179 species and is divided into 37 genera. Included are four species that have become extinct in historical times: the glaucous macaw, the Carolina parakeet, the Cuban macaw and the Puerto Rican parakeet. The following cladogram is based on a phylogenetic study by Brian Smith and collaborators that was published in 2023.
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 longest parrot in the world. Glaucous and Lear's macaws are exclusively cliff nesters; hyacinth macaws are mostly tree nesters.
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