GLAUCOUS MACAW (A.glaucus)
Description: Slate-blue with a greyish tinge to the head and neck and a browner tinge to the breast. The flights and the underside of the tail, also the under wing-covens, are blackish. The naked skin surrounding the eye and at the base of the lower mandible is yellow. The bill is black. Length: about 28in.
Distribution: South-eastern Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay. According to de Schauensee (33b) there is no authentic Argentine record for this macaw.
Remarks: An extreme rarity in aviculture.
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Thursday 10th November 2022
12 further Spix’s macaws to be released into the wild in December 2022
It has been confirmed that 12 more Spix’s macaws will be released into the wild in December 2022. I’ll bring you more news on this when it happens.
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Horace (65-8 BC)