Macaw Compendium

Ara chloroptera -
The Green-winged Macaw

- photo by Kaj Andersen

Taxonomy:

Psittaciformes / Aratingidae / Aratinginae / Ara / A. chloroptera
No subspecies.

Names :

A. chloroptera                 IE: Green-winged Macaw,
                               I   Red and green Macaw,
                               I   Crimson Macaw
                               IG: Gruenfluegelara
                               I   Dunkelroter Ara
                               ID: Groenvleugel Ara
                               IF: Ara chloroptere
                               IP: Guacamayo rojo de alas verdes

Distribution:

Widely distributed in South America: Brazil, except the most S and E; N-Paraguay; E-Bolivia; E-Peru; E-Columbia and in the North to Panama; S-Venezuela; Trinidad; Guyana; Surinam and French Guyana
The distribution covers the same areas as the Blue and Gold Macaw

Description:

Length: 90 cm
Plumage general red. White, naked face striped with small red feathers. Wings blue, median wing coverts green. Upper tail coverts blue. Tailfaethers red, turning blue to the end.
Bill: Upper mandible horn colored, lower mandible black
Legs grey
Iris ivory colored

Habitat:

Tropical lowlands at the borders of the jungle.

Nutrition:

Fruits and nuts; esp. Uxi (Endopleura uchi), Jatoba (Hymenaea spec.) and Bertholletia excelsa.

Breeding:

The begin of the season varies within the range from late November in the South to Februar/March in the North. Clutch consists of up to three eggs. Incubation lasts ca. 28 days. The young may leave the nest after 90 to 100 days of age.

IUCN Red List Status (1994):

?

Add. Notes:

Because of it's general red appearance and the horn-colored upper mandible of the bill this bird often is confused with the -> Scarlet Macaw

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