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Brazil
Guaruba guarouba

Identification

34–36 cm

  • Yellow plumage
  • Green flight feathers

Distribution

South America: endemic to Brazil.

Taxonomy

Photo by Gil Serique
Santarem-Para, Brazil, April 2008

This is a monotypic species[1], which in the past has been placed in genus Aratinga.

The genus name is also spelled Guarouba.

Habitat

Amazon rainforest.

Behaviour

Diet

Their diet consists mostly of fruit.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2013. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.8., with updates to August 2013. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved April 2014)
  3. BF member observations

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