Mountain macaw
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Mountain Macaw ( Ara couloni ) |
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The mountain macaw , also blue-headed macaw ( Primolius couloni ), is a species of parrot of the genus small macaws . The English zoologist Philip Lutley Sclater named the mountain macaw in 1876 in honor of the Swiss museum director Louis Coulon . Some researchers also call the mountain macaw Propyrrhura couloni .
description
Primolius couloni grows to 40 to 42 cm. Males and females are outwardly identical.
The head is blue, the body as a whole green. The wing-coverts and the wings of the hand are also blue, the tail feathers red-brown with bluish tips, the underside olive-yellow. The bare area between eyes and beak is black, the feet flesh-colored. The iris is yellow with an orange ring. The beak is black at the base and becomes white towards the tip. In young animals, the beak and feet are completely black.
distribution
The mountain macaw occurs in eastern Peru, western Brazil and northern Bolivia. It lives mainly in the rainforest, but also likes to be cleared there and in settlement areas. It occurs up to an altitude of 1300 m.
behavior
Outside of the breeding season, the blue-headed macaw can usually be seen in twos or threes. While he enjoys living around people, not much is known about his behavior. Similar to other small macaws, it feeds on nuts, seeds and fruits.
The females usually lay three to four eggs, which are incubated for 24-26 days. After hatching, the young remain in the nest for 90 days and are then independent after five to six months.
literature
- Joseph Michael Forshaw : Parrots of the World. An identification guide . Princeton University Press, Princeton 2006, ISBN 978-0-691-09251-5 .
- Dieter Hoppe : Macaws. The species and races; their keeping and breeding . Ulmer, Stuttgart 1983, ISBN 3-8001-7081-7 .
- Tony Juniper & Michael Parr: Parrots. A guide to parrots of the world . Pica, Robertsbridge 1998, ISBN 1-87340-340-2 .
- Lars Lepperhoff: Macaws. Free life, behavior, care, species . Ulmer, Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 3-8001-3821-2 .
Web links
- Article: Can the blue-headed macaw still be saved?
- Primolius couloni inthe IUCN 2013 Red List of Threatened Species . Listed by: BirdLife International, 2012. Retrieved September 26, 2013.