Parrots (Psittacidae)
Blue-and-yellow Macaw (Ara ararauna) - HBW 4, p. 420
French: Ara bleu
German: Ararauna
Spanish: Guacamayo Azulamarillo
Other common names: Blue-and-gold Macaw
Taxonomy: Psittacus Ararauna Linnaeus, 1758, South America = Pernambuco.
Monotypic.
Distribution: E Panama through Colombia E to S Venezuela, the Guianas and Brazil, and S to W & E Ecuador, E Peru and NE Bolivia; formerly occurred on Trinidad, and apparently also in Paraguay and N Argentina. Also listed for W Ecuador, where probably extinct.
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A bird (probably the male) feeding its pair, perched on the dead palm trunk where they have its nest. Locality Palmas, Tocantins State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 6 August 2011 49 weeks ago 24 sec 4.8 -
A bird feeding its pair twice. Locality Palmas, Tocantins State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 6 August 2011 49 weeks ago 37 sec 4.6 -
A bird high on a tree, feeding on leaves and fruits of the same tree. Locality Girardot, Cundinamarca Department, Colombia
Pere Sugranyes 14 July 2011 1 year ago 36 sec 4.4 -
A bird, and then its pair, landing on a dead palm trunk where they have its nest, and both calling. Locality Palmas, Tocantins State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 6 August 2011 49 weeks ago 30 sec 4.4 -
A bird feeding Locality Mato Grosso State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Max Roth 30 April 2002 7 years ago 13 sec 4.4 -
Adult feeding on mango fruits - later he fed a juvenile with parts of the fruit. Locality Lecheria, Anzoátegui State, Venezuela (Monotypic species)
Thore Noernberg 12 July 2012 48 weeks ago 17 sec 4.3
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cerca de Trinidad
Locality Beni Department, Bolivia (Monotypic species)
povedano 3 years ago 4.6 -
Two birds perched in a tree.
Locality Loreto, Beni Department, Bolivia (Monotypic species)
Joe Tobias 28 September 2005 37 weeks ago 4.2 -
A pair of birds, one of them flying from the antenna
Locality Caracas, Distrito Capital, Venezuela
Miguel Emmanuelli 18 May 2013 4 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 4 -
A couple of birds on an antenna
Locality Caracas, Distrito Capital, Venezuela
Miguel Emmanuelli 18 May 2013 4 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 4 -
One of a pair of birds, looking for a handout
Locality Ariau Resort, Iranduba, Amazonas State, Brazil
Dave Rintoul 26 May 2010 1 year ago 4 -
close-up of head of a bird, in Parque das Aves near Iguassu Falls
Locality Brazil
marianhw 1 October 2009 3 years ago 4
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Calls by one individual. Locality Palmas, Tocantins State, Brazil
(Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 6 August 2011 49 weeks ago 4 -
Calls by a pair. Locality Palmas, Tocantins State, Brazil
(Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 6 August 2011 49 weeks ago 4 -
Several birds singing flying over the forest. Locality Barão de Melgaço, Pantanal, Mato Grosso State, Brazil
Antonio Silveira 7 May 2006 1 year ago 4 -
Two birds calling in flight. Locality Cuieiras Biological Reserve, Manaus, Amazonas State, Brazil
(Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 30 July 2011 1 year ago 4 -
A bird calling, responding other birds. Locality Sorocaba Zoo, Sorocaba, São Paulo State, Brazil
(Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 12 May 2011 1 year ago 4 -
Call of a pair. Locality Tocantins State, Brazil
(Monotypic species)
Ciro Albano 7 July 2008 4 years ago 4
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