One of the 6 macaws on WAnimals
Birds · Psittaciformes · Psittacidae
Ara macao
The species is abundant and widely distributed; it faces no significant short-term risk.
A spectacular parrot in red, yellow and blue, it pairs for life and its call carries a long way through the forest.
Weight
900 g – 1.5 kg
Size
80 cm – 90 cm
Life expectancy
40 years
Diet
Frugivore
Feeds mainly on fruit.
Activity
Diurnal
Active mainly during the day.
Social structure
In pairs
Usually lives in pairs, sometimes for life.
Estimated population
Between 50,000 and 500,000 animals, the great majority in Amazonia; in Central America there may be no more than 4,000 left and in El Salvador it has all but disappeared. The northern populations (the subspecies cyanoptera) occupy a fraction of their historic range in Mexico and Central America
AI-generated images: illustrations, not photographs.
Sources consulted: AnAge (genomics.senescence.info) · Birda · Loro Parque · A-Z Animals · Animal Diversity Web · Susan Clubb (aviculture) · Birdshistory · Lamar University · BirdLife International / IUCN Red List: catalogado como Preocupación menor por su enorme área de distribución y sus buenos números en Sudamérica, pero con declive documentado en el conjunto del área por pérdida de hábitat y captura para el comercio de mascotas · BirdLife International, ficha de Ara macao · Macaw Recovery Network
Best time: December to April
Parks and dive sites where this species has been documented — showing 10 of 22.
Other species in the catalogue with the most in common with Scarlet Macaw — same habitat, park, country, tags or family.
Based on what we already know about scarlet macaw.
The pins mark the parks where its presence is documented.
