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Blue-and-yellow Macaw (8)
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![Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 514 W: 8 N: 1128]](http://i1.treknature.com/misc/g-n-g.gif) (4152) | I photographed this couple having some fun at the Wildlife World Zoo in Phoenix, the best place to see Macaws in Phoenix.
The Blue-and-yellow Macaw (Ara ararauna), also known as the Blue-and-gold Macaw, is a member of the group of large Neotropical parrots known as macaws. It breeds in forest (especially varzea, but also in open sections of Terra Firme) and woodland of tropical South America from Trinidad and Venezuela south to Brazil, Bolivia, and Paraguay. It barely extends into Central America, where restricted to Panama. It is an endangered species in Trinidad, has probably been extirpated from western Ecuador, and is on the verge of being extirpated from Paraguay, but still remains widespread and fairly common in a large part of mainland South America. It is therefore listed as Least Concern by BirdLife International. |
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