Green
wing Ara
(Ara
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Family:
parrots
Habitation:
Mexico, Central America, from northern South America to Brazil
Appearance:
gorgeously coloured feathers, one of the largest and prominent
species in
it's family
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Lifestyle:
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maintains close partnership, fly usually in pairs
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family groups of even 20 birds
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during it's daily wanderings from the nest to the area of
nourishment, macaws fly in pairs, whereby their
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wings almost touch each other
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in the higher parts of the trees they seek for seeds,
fruit, nuts, berries and other vegetable food
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eat in the silence, when disturbed they fly off
squeaking
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beak is useful for climbing
Characteristics:
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as the rainforest
is constantly devastated, the
stocks of macaws decline
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reaches very high prices in trade
(in pet shops)
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