It pairs for life.
From Scarlet Macaw
It can live for over 40 years in the wild.
From Scarlet Macaw
It visits clay licks to neutralise the toxins in the seeds it eats.
From Scarlet Macaw
It eats clay from river banks, which lets it neutralise the toxins in the unripe seeds it swallows.
From Blue-And-Yellow Macaw
Its survival depends on a single tree: the mountain almond provides it with both food and nest holes, and the logging of that timber species is the direct cause of its decline.
From Great Green Macaw
In Costa Rica conservation projects pay landowners to leave the almond trees standing and to protect the nests, turning the tree into an economic asset rather than timber.
From Great Green Macaw
A pair needs an enormous territory and breeds only every one or two years, so the species recovers extremely slowly even where logging has stopped.
From Great Green Macaw
The largest parrot in the world, at 1 m long; its bill opens whole palm nuts.
From Hyacinth Macaw

Ecosystems