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DESCRIPTION
Green Winged Macaw grows from 33 1/2 to 36 inches (85 to 90cm). Dark red
head with green shoulder coverts and large upperwing. Blue wings, rump,
uppertail coverts and tail tip. Naked cheeks with red lines, upper mandible
pale with greyish on sides. Eyes yellow, legs charcoal. Female smaller.
Imma-tures have dark eyes.
NATURAL DISTRIBUTION
The Green Winged Macaw is found in Eastern Panama over much of northern
South America to Bolivia, Paraguay and northern Argentina.
HABITAT
Hilly country and virgin forest, in pairs or small groups. Nests in tree
hollows and broken palm trunks.
DIET
Parrot food with fruit, greenstuff, sunflower seed kernels, fresh corn
and nuts, such as brazils.
SPECIAL NEEDS
The Green Winged Macaw bill can be devastating to woodwork, so
provide branches as distraction.
CAGE LIFE
Quiet, tame, intelligent, kind to children and other pets, but easily
frightened by noises and motion. When excited, bare facial area reddens
in response to blood flow. Large, strong cage and parrot stand as a free
perch when kept in the house. Aviary in the garden with heatable interior
room. Provide fresh branches. Close pair bonding. Lays 2 to 3 eggs, incubation
24 to 28 days, fledging 95 days.
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