The original German text is followed by the English website translation.
Spix' blauer Arara (Psittacus [Sittace] Spixi, Wgl.) - kleiner meerblauer Arara; Spix' blue Macaw; Ara bleu de Spix, Blauwe Ara - ist dunkelblau, Ohrgegend graulich; Flügel dunkelblau, unterseits schwarz; Schwanz gleichfalls blau, unterseits schwarz; Schnabel schwarz; Spitze und First des Oberschnabels weißlich; Auge weiß bis gelb; Zügel und Wangen nackt, bleigrau; Füße schwarz. Größe um die Hälfte geringer als die des dunkelblauen Arara. Heimat: nördliches und östliches Brasilien. Er gelangte 1878 in den zoologischen Garten von London, 1893 führte ihn August Fockelmann= Hamburg ein.
English translation
The Spix's Macaw is dark blue; the ear area greyish; wings dark blue, undersides black; tail blue as well, underside black; bill black; tip and ridge of upper mandible whitish; eye white to yellow; lores and cheeks bare and lead-grey; feet black. Size half that of the dark blue macaw. Origin: northern and eastern Brazil. It was to be found in the London Zoo in 1878, August Fockelmann imported one in 1893.
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Monday 11th January 2021
Interesting paper on the Spix’s Macaw
A very interesting paper is available on-line about the Spix’s Macaw. It is entitled " Qualitative description of the submission and agonistic behaviour of the Spix’s Macaw (Cyanopsitta spixii) with special reference to t ... Read More »
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" 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)