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Genus: Anodorhynchus
Species: Hyacinthinus
Characteristics
Size: 40 inches long
Wing span: up to 4ft.
Weight: 3 to 4 pounds
Body: Bright blue feathers with a yellow streak beneath the beak
Eyes: big and black with yellow around the outside
Feet: two toes facing forwards and two toes facing backwards
Life of a Hyacinth Macaw:
- Live in groups or pairs
- Mates for life
- Mate in the rainy season
- Lay 1 to 4 eggs
- Female will sit on them for about 1 month
- Male will bring her food during this time
- Parents work together to bring the young food
- The young stay with the parents for 1 year
What do they eat?
Main source of food:
- palm nuts
Other sources:
- other types of nuts
- fruits and berries
- flowers
- steams of plants
They are herbivores.
Why are the Hyacinth Macaws endangered?
- Over exploitation for pet trade
- U.S. is the largest market for exotic pet trade
- In the last decade 85% of birds captured in the wild went to the U.S.
- Habitat loss
- Hunted for meat
- Feather art
- Takes 10 macaws to make one headdress
Also:
- Used to be around 100,000 wild Hyacinth Macaws before 1980's
- In 1990 the population had dropped to about 2,500
- The world's captive population is much higher
Why are the Hyacinth Macaws endangered?
- Over exploitation for
- U.S. is the largest market for exotic pet trade
- In the last decade 85% of birds captured in the wild went to the U.S.
- Habitat loss
- Hunted for meat
- Feather art
- Takes 10 macaws to make one headdress
Bibliography:
- http://www.theanimalspot.com/hyacinthmacaw.htm
- http://bagheera.com/inthewild/van_anim_macaw.htm
- http://www.thebigzoo.com/Animals/Hyacinth_Macaw.asp
http://thesuburbancrusade.blogspot.com/2012/06/deforestation-in-amazon.html
Life of a Hyacinth Macaw Con't.
- Make nests in holes they find in trees
- Don't breed every year
- Extremely affectionate and social birds
- Toucans and other birds prey on Macaw eggs
- Destroying about 40% of them
http://carnivoraforum.com/topic/9331609/1/
Hyacinth Macaw
by Sarah Mittan
http://www.123rf.com/photo_526811_hyacinth-macaw-squating-down-on-perch.html
Hyacinth Macaw
by Sarah Mittan
http://parrotsindia.blogspot.com/2012/01/parrots-price-in-india.html
http://pantanal-lodge.blogspot.com/
Where to find them:
- Forests and grasslands of South America
- South of the Amazon
- Southern Brazil
- Eastern Bolivia
- Northeastern Paraguay
http://blog.projectnoah.org/post/43730232802/the-exotic-pet-trade
Ways to help:
- Captive breeding
- Encourage people to leave nest trees standing
- Macaws are also listed on the CITES lists
- That makes it illegal to bring them into the U.S.