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[[Image:Great_Green_Macaw.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Reini<br>Photographed: Laguna del Lagarto Lodge, Costa Rica]] | [[Image:Great_Green_Macaw.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Reini<br>Photographed: Laguna del Lagarto Lodge, Costa Rica]] | ||
| + | '''Alternative name: Buffon's Macaw''' | ||
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| − | Great Green Macaws live from Honduras to northern Colombia. A small number of these macaws also lives in Ecuador. Great Green Macaws are endangered. | + | Great Green Macaws live from [[Honduras]] to northern [[Colombia]]. A small number of these macaws also lives in [[Ecuador]]. Great Green Macaws are endangered. |
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
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| − | {{GSearch|Ara+ | + | {{GSearch|Ara+ambigu}} |
| − | http://www.greatgreenmacaw.org/ | + | [http://www.greatgreenmacaw.org/] |
| − | http://www.drellenrudolph.com/costarica/macaws.html | + | [http://www.drellenrudolph.com/costarica/macaws.html] |
| − | http://www.lapaverde.or.cr/ | + | [http://www.lapaverde.or.cr/] |
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Ara]] | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Ara]] | ||
Revision as of 15:13, 11 March 2009
Alternative name: Buffon's Macaw
- Ara ambiguus
Identification
Great Green Macaws are massive birds (87 cm/34 in). They have extremely long tails and large seed-cracking beaks. They are mainly green with blue in their wings and red on their forehead. Their bare facial skin has lines, usually black.
Distribution
Great Green Macaws live from Honduras to northern Colombia. A small number of these macaws also lives in Ecuador. Great Green Macaws are endangered.
Taxonomy
The scientific name was formerly spelled ambigua.
Habitat
Great Green Macaws inhabit the canopy of lowland rainforests. As a result of deforestation and clear-cutting, the macaws are now often seen flying over pastures to reach Dipteryx trees in the middle of an open pasture.
Behaviour
Great Green Macaws are often seen feeding. Small groups of up to 10 birds fly around looking for Dipteryx trees that have fruit. These noisy flocks will land on a fruiting tree and sit on it for hours at a time. Macaws are very rarely not seen in groups. They are almost always extremely loud while feeding and flying.
