Hyacinth Macaw
OrderPsittaciformes
FamilyPsittacidae
HabitatPalm Savanna
RangeSouth America
Length100 cm
Wingspan120 cm
Weight1400 g
DietHerbivore
About the Hyacinth Macaw
The largest flying parrot, a full meter of cobalt blue. A bill able to crack macadamia nuts and coconut shells. Nearly wiped out for the cage bird trade, down to around 1,500 birds in the 1980s. Nest box programs in Brazil are slowly rebuilding numbers.
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