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Bird’s ID – Red and Green Macaw

Red and Green Macaw

The Red-and-Green Macaw (Ara chloropterus), is a large, mostly-red macaw of the genus Ara.

This is the largest of the genus Ara, 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 distinguished from the scarlet macaw. While the breast of both birds are bright red, the upper-wing covert feathers of the green-winged macaw is 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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29 thoughts on “Bird’s ID – Red and Green Macaw”

featheredfiends on October 3, 2018 at 7:20 am said:

So beautiful 🙂

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- H.J. for avian101 on October 3, 2018 at 1:47 pm said:
  
  Thank you Marianne! 🙂
  
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bayphotosbydonna on October 3, 2018 at 9:15 am said:

WOW, what colors! Beautiful shots, HJ! 🙂

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- H.J. for avian101 on October 3, 2018 at 1:55 pm said:
  
  Thank you Donna! These big birds are beautiful! 🙂
  
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silviadeangelis40d on October 3, 2018 at 10:19 am said:

Pappagalli enormi e coloratissimi
Splendide foto
Un saluto,silvia

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- H.J. for avian101 on October 3, 2018 at 1:58 pm said:
  
  Grazie mille cara Silvia! 🙂
  
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susanpoozan on October 3, 2018 at 11:51 am said:

Wonderful pictures of a colourful bird.

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- H.J. for avian101 on October 3, 2018 at 2:00 pm said:
  
  Thanks so much Susan! 🙂
  
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svtakeiteasy on October 3, 2018 at 4:24 pm said:

These are stunning birds, HJ! Are these images taken in the wild or captivity ?

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- H.J. for avian101 on October 3, 2018 at 5:31 pm said:
  
  I shot these in South America a few years back. Thank you Chris. 🙂
  
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Lisa Rest on October 3, 2018 at 4:47 pm said:

They are so incredibly beautiful. Wonderful photos, H.J.!

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- H.J. for avian101 on October 3, 2018 at 5:32 pm said:
  
  Thank you Lisa! 🙂
  
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Indira on October 3, 2018 at 6:17 pm said:

Gorgeous bird!

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- H.J. for avian101 on October 3, 2018 at 7:56 pm said:
  
  Thank you Indira! 🙂
  
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urzre on October 3, 2018 at 6:32 pm said:

Incredible macaws!

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- H.J. for avian101 on October 3, 2018 at 7:57 pm said:
  
  Thank you Urzre. 🙂
  
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kkessler833 on October 3, 2018 at 8:28 pm said:

Beautiful!

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- H.J. for avian101 on October 3, 2018 at 9:13 pm said:
  
  Thanks Kendall! 🙂
  
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  - kkessler833 on October 3, 2018 at 10:14 pm said:
    
    Welcome!
stbarbebaker on October 3, 2018 at 10:57 pm said:

So very very wonderful

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- H.J. for avian101 on October 4, 2018 at 4:36 pm said:
  
  Thank you very much! 🙂
  
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tanjabrittonwriter on October 5, 2018 at 11:54 am said:

Astounding colors and photos, H.J.

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- H.J. for avian101 on October 5, 2018 at 4:26 pm said:
  
  Thank you Tanja! 🙂
  
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Clare Pooley on October 8, 2018 at 7:28 pm said:

What a beautiful bird!

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- H.J. for avian101 on October 8, 2018 at 9:11 pm said:
  
  Thank you Clare! 🙂
  
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  - Clare Pooley on October 9, 2018 at 6:33 pm said:
    
    🙂
Susanne Leist on October 16, 2018 at 7:18 pm said:

Reblogged this on SUSANNE LEIST.

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- H.J. for avian101 on October 16, 2018 at 9:31 pm said:
  
  Thank you Susanne! 🙂
  
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