The scarlet macaw is a large yellow, red and blue Neotropical parrot native to humid evergreen forests of the Americas. Its range extends from southeastern Mexico to Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Bolivia, Venezuela and Brazil in lowlands of 500 m (1,600 ft) up to 1,000 m (3,300 ft), the Caribbean island of Trinidad, as well as the Pacific island of Coiba. Formerly, the northern extent of its range included southern Tamaulipas. In some areas, it has suffered local extinction because of habitat destruction, or capture for the parrot trade, but in other areas, it remains fairly common. It is the national bird of Honduras. Like its relative the blue-and-yellow macaw, the scarlet macaw is a popular bird in aviculture as a result of its striking plumage.
Image: Scarlet macaw (Ara macao cyanopterus) Copan
Image: Ara macao Oklahoma City Zoo 8a 3c
Copan, Honduras
Ara macao feeding on Attalea fruits
The red-and-green macaw, also known as the green-winged macaw, is a large, mostly-red macaw of the genus Ara.
Red-and-green macaw
Ara chloropterus - MHNT
Juvenile, Pantanal, Brazil
Four wild green-winged macaws flying in Peru