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Bird name: Blue and Yellow Macaw
Latin: Ara ararauna
Other: Arara-canindé (Br) • Guacamayo azul y amarillo (Es)
Family: Psittacidae • Parrots, Macaws
Range: Amazonia: Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Venezuela, Guyanas and Colombia
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The fabulous Blue and Yellow Macaw seen here in Para on farmland. Unfortunately the Blue and Yellow Macaw is often seen in zoos or captive - wonderful here to walk up to a beautiful wild pair.

They were chewing on an old stump in the early morning in a section of fields in Para that was a large roosting ground for parrots of various different sorts, and just getting ready to fly to their feeding grounds further north for the day.

The Blue and Yellow Macaw is a large bird, yellow-orange on the underside, blue on the upperside, large black bill, long tail - no other bird like it.

Below: A wild Blue-and-Yellow Macaw in flight, Para, Brazil, Sep 2011
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Bird name: Red and Green Macaw
Latin: Aratinga chloropterus
Other: Arara-vermelha (Br)
Family: Psittacidae • Parrots, Macaws
Range: Amazonia to central South America
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The beautiful Red-and-green Macaw, a popular zoo bird. In the wild though found in the forested parts of Amazonia and central South America.