[Ara ararauna]
Habitat: Woodlands, open country and forest edges
Height: 30-34″
Weight: 2-3 lbs
Wingspan: 45″
Average Lifespan: 50 years
Incubation Period: 28 days
Number of Young: 2-3
Conservation Status: Least Concern
– Also known as blue and yellow macaw.
– Uses its powerful beak for breaking nutshells, and also for climbing up and hanging from trees.
– Parents will raise only the strongest chick, leaving the others to starve to death.
– Is considered to be the most beautiful of all parrot species.
– Often gather at clay licks to eat mineral and salt bearing clay, which is found on river banks.