BlueMacaws

A Site Dedicated to the Blue Macaws and Parrot Conservation

Entry on the Glaucous Macaw with illustration in Vogelbilder aus fernen Zonen

by Dr Anton REICHENOW, published in Kassel, Germany in 1883

Fig. 1 Blauarara (Sittace glauca Vieill.)

Kleiner blauer Arara - Englisch: Glaucous macaw. - Französisch: Ara gris-bleu.

Grünlich graublau. Nackter Augenkreis und nackter Fleck am Unterschnabel gelb. Schnabel schwarz mit heller Spitze. Füsse schwarz. Auge dunkelbraun.

Das Weibchen gleicht dem Männchen, wie bei allen Araras.

Der Blauarara bewohnt das südliche Brasilien, Paraguay und Uruguay.

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Saturday 17th December 2022
Annual Activity Report 2021-2 of the Hyacinth Macaw Institute

I received the Annual Activity report for 2021-2 of the Hyacinth Macaw Institute (Instituto Arara Azul) this morning, which makes impressive reading. Neiva Guedes and her team are really doing a great job in the Pantanal in conservation of the Hya ... Read More »

" Naturam expellas furca, tamen usque recurret "

( If you drive out nature with a pitchfork, she will soon find a way back)

Horace (65-8 BC)