Macaw

Did you know that in 1990 there were only 2,500 hyacinth macaws left in the wild? (Blue Hyacinth Macaw) The hyacinth macaw is a parrot native to the rainforest. Unfortunately, this bird is seriously endangered because of the deforestation of their home. Humans have been known to be the cause of most of the destruction. Previous attempts to shelter them have been slightly effective, but we have devised solutions that can help save the hyacinth macaws numbers by greater amounts. In our paper we will discuss the hyacinth macaw, why they are critically endangered, and how we can improve their population. Hyacinth macaws are beautiful, colorful, and playful creatures. According to National Geography, “They are intelligent, social birds that…

The hyacinth macaw lives in the Amazon RainForest, has bright gorgeous blue feathers, and eats lots of berries, nuts, and tiny bugs. The hyacinth macaw is mostly found in tall trees , swamps, forests, and near rivers in the Amazon RainForest. Also,the hyacinth macaw is found mostly in riverside tropical rainforest and palm swamps. It’s habitat goes throughout the hyacinth macaw’s range, however, from the moist forest with a broken canopy, to mature palm forest, to grassland .More information,…

The Buffon's macaw will be found living in the deep canyons and dry plateaus of Honduras and Columbia. They will usually nest on the cliffs, ledges and rock faces. The Buffon’s macaw is a large parrot with a body that is mainly yellowish-green. Their forehead is a scarlet color, and their shoulders are a beautiful blue. They have a red tipped with blue on the top of their tail. They are 26 to 34 inches long and have a 44 to 50 inch wingspan. They will weigh 2.7 to 3.5 pounds. The Buffon's…

out of their trees only to use the bathroom or to swim. They are solitary animals who socialize only by sharing a tree to sleep. Mating for sloths is initialized by a mating scream uttered by the female sloth alerting all of the males in the area that she is ready to mate. The males duke it out by hanging from a tree and swatting at each other until one of them gives up. Females have one baby at a time and gestation is anywhere from 5 months for one species of sloth to 11.5 months for…

For other uses, see Parrot (disambiguation). Scarlet Macaws. One is eating using a foot to hold a walnut, while the shell is broken with its beak.Parrots are birds of the roughly 350 species in 85 genera that make up the order Psittaciformes, found in most warm and tropical regions. Also known as psittacines (pronounced /?s?t?sa?nz/),[1][2] they are usually grouped into two families: the Psittacidae (true parrots) and the Cacatuidae (cockatoos). Parrots have a pan-tropical distribution with…

Hyacinth | Blue Macaw Facts Hyacinth Macaws are commonly known as the Blue Macaws. 1. Blue Macaws are the longest parrots on the planet, coming to a huge 100 centimeters long, and can weigh upto 3-3.7 pounds (1.4-1.7Kgs). 2. Blue Macaws are scientifically known as Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus. 3. Their beak is the strongest of all birds and can even crack Walnuts, so you got to watch your fingers. 4. Blue Macaws lives essentially in gently forested ranges in the occasionally…

Anything for Profit In a world full of wrongdoing, Sharon Matola, a citizen of Belize who owns a zoo, fights to protect the well being of Belizean communities from destructive forces. In The Last Flight of the Scarlet Macaw, by Bruce Barcott, the small country of Belize faces environmental devastation due to the greed of companies and the government. In the early 1990s, the Belizean government and Belize Electricity Limited (BEL) proposed to build a controversial dam on the Macal River, to…

pictures, and other general information. All Macaws by Chris Petrosh Breeder of blue and golds, greenwings, and hyacinths. Avian Companions Breeder of many species of cockatoos. Has species descriptions, photographs, training, humor, stories, videos, and sounds. Also has a cockatoo screensaver. Avian Companions Breeder and trainer of cockatoos…

that tells of a gorilla that started off small and with the help of other people and the enclosure they made him it grew to be a giant and happy silverback gorilla. “Our Beautiful Macaws and Why They Need Enrichment” is an uplifting short story written by Alicia Powers that explains that macaws are intelligent and need attention. So the owners of the zoo came up with an invention to surprise the macaws with a new habitat every day. These three articles show that the…

exotic ones, like Macaws, African Grey and Cockatiels. These species have stable temperaments and are less probable to show aggressive behavior. Macaws, even the smaller ones have a wonderful sense of “bigness”, result of their genetic traits, and can sometimes overreact to unfamiliar objects or something…