Red and Green Macaw
The Red and Green Macaw, is a large mostly-red macaw of the Ara genus.
This is the largest of the Ara genus, widespread in the forests and woodlands of northern and central South America. However, in common with other macaws, in recent years there has been a marked decline in its numbers due to habitat loss and illegal capture for the parrot trade.
The Green-winged macaw can be readily identified from the Scarlet Macaw as whilst the breast of both birds is bright red, the upper-wing covert feathers of the Green-winged macaw are mostly green but can occasionally sport a few yellow feathers above the band of green (as opposed to mostly yellow, or a strong mix of yellow and green in the Scarlet Macaw). In addition, the Green-winged macaw has characteristic red lines around the eyes formed by rows of tiny feathers on the otherwise bare white skin patch; this is one of the biggest differences from a Scarlet Macaw to the casual viewer. Iridescent teal feathers are surrounded by red on the tail. If seen together, the Green-winged macaw is clearly larger than the Scarlet Macaw as well.
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Text and Photographs © H.J. Ruiz – Avian 101
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Good shots HJ. When we went to Cost Rica in 2009 (not posted on here yet), I hoped to get some photos like these. Unfortunately, although we did see a few Scarlet Macaw, they were gererally so high in the forest canopy, that I barely got any shots at all. Nice to see these. Dave
They’re so beautiful, great subjects for color photography. Thank you for sharing Dave! 🙂
Those are gorgeous, H.J.
Thank you very much Bob! 🙂
I just love these birds but have only ever seen in zoos or bird parks.
Thank you Julie! 🙂
What wonderful photographs, so beautiful. We have a pair indoors at Brookfield Zoo and they’re so closed in I feel like I’m intruding on them. Great to see them so well.
Thank you Lisa for sharing. 🙂
Aren’t they such gorgeous and resplendent creatures! Beautiful, HJ! 💙💚
I agree, they are A. Thank you very much. 🙂