Blue-and-yellow Macaw
          
           Blue-and-yellow Macaw
          Ara ararauna
           
    
  
              Blue-and-yellow Macaw
          
           Blue-and-yellow Macaw
          Ara ararauna
           
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        Class
 Aves
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        Order
 Psittaciformes
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        Familly
 Psittacidae
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                   80 à 90 cm 80 à 90 cm
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                   900 g 900 g
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                 26–28 days 26–28 days
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                 2–3 eggs 2–3 eggs
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                 up to 50 years up to 50 years
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            Diet
 fruit, grains, nuts
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            Habitat
 tropical forests
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          Range
 South America
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              Population in the wild
 En diminution
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                IUCN REDLIST status 
     
These forest birds live in the tree canopy, close to lakes and along rivers. They nest in cavities in the trunks of very tall trees.
 
Blue-and-yellow Macaws mate for life. It is easy to identify couples, which sit up close against each other on a single branch in the middle of bird colonies.
 
Macaws produce short tuneless sounds. They are highly intelligent and able to repeat words.

 
 
 
 
 
        