Macaw Compendium

Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus -
The Hyacinth Macaw


photo courtesy
I. Fiedel
Headstudy taken by Cindy Hollingshead,
courtesy of Blackstone Aviaries

Taxonomy:

Psittaciformes / Aratingidae / Aratinginae / Anodorhynchus / A. hyacinthinus
No subspecies.

Names :

A. hyacinthinus              IE: Hyacinth Macaw,
                             I   Hyacinthine Macaw
                             IG: Hyazinthara
                             ID: Hyacinth ara
                             IF: Ara hyacinthine
                             IP: Guacamayo jacinto

Distribution:

South-Central Brazil to the border of Bolivia and Paraguay

Description:

Length: 100 cm
Plumage completely cobalt-blue. Periophthalmic ring and band around the lower mandible yellow.
Bill black
Legs dark grey
Iris black

Habitat:

Riverside areas of Savannah-forest countries

Nutrition:

Fruits and nuts especially of palmtrees.

Breeding:

Season may last from December to March, incubation time is about 29-30 days.

IUCN Red List Status (1994):

Bolivia: Vulnerable/rare
Brazil: Vulnerable/rare
Paraguay: Vulnerable/rare

Add. Notes:

This surely is the "King" of all parrotlike birds. Because of its rarity in the wild only captive bred birds should come into trade. For those who legally own Hyancithines and have the place, time and patience to rear them, here's an abstract of 
"Noegel, Ramon

  +Captive Breeding Hyacinth Macaw.
   Bedford
   Magazine of the Parrot Society
   19.1985,3 S. 77-81"

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Created for the Macaw's homepage Feb. 1996
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