Macaw Compendium

Ara rubrogenys -
The Red-fronted Macaw

Photo courtesy of Carol Lofton (Distinctive Images, Sacramento)

Juveniles before first moult - Photo taken by Cindy Hollingshead, courtesy of Blackstone Aviaries

Taxonomy:

Names :

A.rubrogenys              IE: Red-fronted Macaw,
                          I   Red-cheeked Macaw,
                          I   Lafresnaye's Macaw
                          IG: Rotohrara,
                          I   Rotstirnara
                          ID: Roodoor Ara
                          IF: Ara rubrogen
                          IP: Guacamayo de frente roja

Distribution:

Description:

• Length: 60 cm
• Plumage general olive-green. Forehead and crown dark red. Red earspot. Small naked region in the face between the base of the bill and the eyes marked with tiny stripes of dark feathers. Bend of wing and carpal edge orange red. Sometimes reddish spots on breast and belly. Bigger flight feathers blue on the outer side. Underwing parts olive. Tail olive, turning blue to the tip.
• Bill dark grey to black.
• Legs brownish black; "socks" reddish.
• Iris orange

Habitat:

Nutrition:

Breeding:

IUCN Red List Status (1994):

Add. Notes:

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Created for the Macaw's homepage Feb. 1996 (updated Apr. 1996)

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