Macaw Compendium

Anodorhynchus leari -
Lear's Macaw

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Taxonomy:

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

Names :

A. leari                     IE: Lear's Macaw,
                             I   Indigo Macaw
                             IG: Lear-Ara,
                             I   Kleiner Hyacinthara
                             ID: Lears ara
                             IF: Ara de lears
                             IP: Guacamayo lears

Distribution:

E-Brazil, in Pernambuco and Bahia

Description:

Length: 75 cm
Plumage general dark blue, more pale and greenish on breast and underside. Periopthalmic ring and naked patches besides the lower mandible pale yellow.
Bill black
Legs dark grey
Iris dark brown

Habitat:

Dry limestone lanscapes

Nutrition:

Palm fruits

Breeding:

Nesting holes were found in limestone cliffs.

IUCN Red List Status (1994):

Brazil: Extinct ?

Add. Notes:

This is probably one of the rarest parrots in the world. In earlier times this species has been descripted only from some specimens of private collectors. The first proven field observations were taken by H. Sick in 1978. The area where the birds occure a far remote and hardly explored up to now.
Comparing this species with the other two of Anodorhynchus we see a very close relationship to A. glaucus . Forshaw estimates that both may be "isolates of one species".

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