Scarlet Macaw (Ara Macao) | National Bird of Honduras

Scarlet Macaw (Ara Macao) is a big American parrot often found in central and southern areas of America with different colors like red, yellow, and blue. It is the member of a big family of Neotropical parrots which are called “Macaws”. Scarlet Macaw is native to moist evergreen forestry of central & southern areas of America.

Scarlet Macaw has suffered local extinction in its native areas due to the destruction of habitation and imprisonment for subsequent trade. But in other areas from north to southern Tamaulipas, Scarlet Macaw remained very famous. Now on the island of Coiba, Scarlet Macaw can also be found. Scarlet Macaw is the National Bird of Honduras. Comparative to blue and gold macaw, Scarlet Macaw is a very famous bird in aviculture for its attractive feathers.

Size

Scarlet Macaw is around 32 inches (81 cm) long. More than half of the size of all macaws consists of a typical tail. Scarlet Macaw has a bigger tail than other large macaws. The normal weight is around 2.2 lb (1 kilogram).

Lifespan

The normal life of Scarlet Macaw is expected to be 40 to 50 years; though it can live up to 75 years in captivity (imprisonment).

Appearance and Colors

The plumage of Scarlet Macaw is generally scarlet, but the back and tail-coverts feathers are graceful blues. The larger upper wing coverts are yellow, higher edges of flight feathers are dark-blue like as the ends of tail feathers. Underneath of wing & tail flying feathers are dark-red with gold color and some have green in wings. 

Scarlet Macaw has bare white skin from eyes to the bill. Minute white feathers are controlled on the face cover. The upper mandible is typically light horn in color but the lower is black. The adolescents have dark eyes whereas the adults have light yellow eyes. It is often chaotic with the marginally bigger green-winged Macaw, which has different red lines on the face and no yellow in the wings.

Scarlet Macaws has a very loud voice, but occasionally make low pitched deep squawks squeak; the shrieks also considered several miles to call for their crowd.

Behavior

A characteristic finding is of a single-bird or a couple flying over the forest canopy, however in some areas groups can be seen. They possibly will gather at clay licks. Scarlet Macaw talks mainly through loud voice; however, vocal communication is extremely variable and caged macaws are recognized to be skilled mimics of humanoid dialogs.

Feeding

Normally Scarlet macaws eat differently seeds sometimes hard and even large, fruits on trees, nuts, and sodium-packed grime.

Breeding

While moderately docile mostly in a year, Scarlet Macaws may be dauntingly hostile during the breeding process. Scarlet Macaws are faithful birds, with folks remaining with one other half throughout their lives. The female lays 2 or 3 white eggs in the tree hole and hatches for around 5 weeks. The baby birds fledge from nest around 90 days after hatching and leave their parents after one year. Adolescents reach sexual maturity at about 5 years of age.

Distribution and Habitat

The South American variety is widespread and covers the Amazon basin; covering the Peru east of the Andes to Bolivia. In Bolivia, it is most contemporary in Aquicuana Reserve, situated in the Beni Department near the city of Riberalta (Capital of Bolivian Amazon). In Central America, the variety prolongs from extreme eastern and southern Mexico & Panama over Guatemala and Belize (island of Coiba) and rarely on the inland of Panama, and in Costa Rica in remote areas on the Pacific Coast; the Nicoya Peninsula, the Carara National Park, and Peninsula de Osa.

Scarlet Macaw has been absconded or intentionally released into Florida, but there is no indication that populace is breeding and may only persevere due to frequent releases or escapes. Scarlet Macaws live moist coastal rainy jungles, open forests, river edges, and grasslands.

Conservation Status

The habitation of Scarlet Macaws are also thought to have an extreme latitudinal choice for any bird in the genus Ara. The assessed all-out territorial range covers 6,700,000 Kilometers. However, Scarlet Macaw's habitat is rambling, and the bird is generally seen in a minute population spread all over its original range in Middle America. Although Scarlet Macaw has found in huge quantities mostly in its original range at South America, the breed is categorized as less popular by the IUCN.