The blue-and-yellow macaw, also known as the blue-and-gold macaw, is a large Neotropical parrot with a mostly blue dorsum, light yellow/orange venter, and gradient hues of green on top of its head. It
Ara ararauna Luc Viatour
Ara ararauna egg in the Muséum de Toulouse
20-day-old blue-and-gold macaw in Guangzhou Zoo
Head in high detail, Vogelburg (bird park), Weilrod, Germany
Ara is a Neotropical genus of macaws with eight extant species and at least two extinct species. The genus name was coined by French naturalist Bernard Germain de Lacépède in 1799. It gives its name t
Blue-and-yellow macaw
…the other parrots in the genus Psittacus and coined the binomial name Psittacus ararauna. This macaw is now one of the eight extant species within the Ara genus, first proposed in 1799 by the French naturalist Bernard Germain de Lacépède. The genus name is from ará meaning "macaw" in the Tupi language of…
Macaws at Jurong Bird Park Singapore 8
Green-winged macaw at Brookfield Zoo, USA
Like the rest of the genus, the wings of the blue-and-yellow macaw are long, as is the tail
Four green-winged macaws flying in Peru