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Great Green Macaw

Ara ambiguus

The Great Green Macaw is a colorful bird with bright green feathers and a long tail. They are known for their playful nature and love to hang out in trees in the rainforest.

Lebensraum: Rainforests

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The Great Green Macaw is a striking large parrot with brilliant lime-green plumage, accented by a bright red forehead patch and pale blue on its wing edges. Its bare facial skin features distinctive lines of small black feathers.

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Great Green Macaw
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Great Green Macaw

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Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

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Interessante Fakten

Great Green Macaws have unique facial feather lines, much like human fingerprints!

Their loud calls can be heard from over a mile away in the dense rainforest!

These huge birds often nest inside hollows of the tallest, oldest forest trees.

They share food like a family, often feeding weaker flock members first!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Nutcracker Beak

Great Green Macaw has an incredibly powerful, hooked beak that helps them crack open the toughest nuts and seeds with ease.

Fähigkeit

Acrobatic Climber

Great Green Macaw can use its strong feet and beak like extra limbs, helping them climb expertly through dense forest canopies.

Fähigkeit

Loud Lookout

Great Green Macaw can make incredibly loud squawks and calls that help them communicate miles away and warn of danger.

Fähigkeit

Clever Tongue

Great Green Macaw has a dry, scaly tongue that helps them explore and extract seeds from challenging fruits.

Maße und Details

Länge
85-90 cm
Flügelspannweite
100-120 cm
Gewicht
1.3-1.6 kg
Lebenserwartung
50-60 Jahre
Top Speed
55 km/h
Gelegegröße
2-3
Brutzeit
25-28 Tage

Ernährung und Fütterung

This vibrant bird enjoys a diverse plant-based diet, cracking open tough nuts and munching on fruits.

Hauptnahrung

  • Mountain Almond seeds
  • fruits
  • nuts
  • flowers
  • bark

Nahrungssuche

  • Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

depends on

Mountain Almond

Dipteryx panamensis

Its seeds are a crucial food source, especially for breeding.

eaten by

Harpy Eagle

Harpia harpyja

This powerful jungle eagle is a natural predator of adult macaws.

eats

Maripa Palm

Attalea maripa

They often eat the fruits and seeds from this tall palm.

Merkmale

Auch bekannt als

Buffon's Macaw

Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Always watch birds from a distance and do not try to touch them.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das länge von Great Green Macaw?

85-90 cm

Was ist der/die/das flügelspannweite von Great Green Macaw?

100-120 cm

Was ist der/die/das gewicht von Great Green Macaw?

1.3-1.6 kg

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Great Green Macaw?

50-60 Jahre

Was ist der/die/das top Speed von Great Green Macaw?

55 km/h

Was frisst Great Green Macaw?

This vibrant bird enjoys a diverse plant-based diet, cracking open tough nuts and munching on fruits.

Wo findet man Great Green Macaw normalerweise?

Rainforests

Wie jagt Great Green Macaw?

Foraging

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