Military Macaw

• GeneralIt nests on rock faces and forms pairs that always fly together.
• It nests on cliffs: unlike most macaws, which depend on hollow trunks, this one occupies cavities in rock faces, which has let it survive in areas where no large trees remain.
• Its distribution is a puzzle: isolated pockets from Sonora to northern Argentina, separated by thousands of kilometres without the species, probably the remnants of a once continuous range.
• It can live for more than fifty years, and birds taken for the pet trade often outlive their owners.

Skeleton type

Vertebrate - internal bony skeleton (bird)

Habitat and environment

Dry forest, canyons with cliffs and foothill forest of Mexico and northern South America

Sexual maturity

4 years

Gestation / incubation

26 days of incubation

Litter / clutch size

2 eggs

Sources consulted: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ara_militaris

The pins mark the parks where its presence is documented.