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Ara ararauna
These birds can reach 76 to 86 cm (30 to 34 in) long and weigh 900 to 1500 grams (1.9 to 3.3 lbs), making it one of the larger members of its family. They are vivid in appearance with blue wings and tail, dark blue chin, golden under parts, and a green forehead. Beaks are black. The naked face is white, turning pink in excited birds, and lined with small black feathers. There is little variation in plumage across the range. Some birds have a more orangey or "butterscotch" underside color, particularly on the breast. This was often seen in Trinidad birds and others of the Caribbean area. The Blue-and-yellow Macaw uses its powerful beak for breaking nutshells, and also for climbing up and hanging from trees.
The blue-and-yellow macaw (Ara ararauna), also known as the blue-and-gold macaw, is a large South American parrot with blue top parts and yellow under parts. It is a member of the large group of Neotropical parrots known as macaws. It inhabits forest (especially varzea, but also in open sections of terra firme or non-flooded forest) and woodland of tropical South America. There has been a small breeding population in Miami-Dade County, Florida, since the middle 1980s.[2]
rama,jaikrit
Spotted on Oct 19, 2013
Submitted on Oct 31, 2013
1 Comment
Ara ararauna is correct, but you have 2 different parrots here. Please, make for every species a different spotting and add more information about the spotting. Yours are pets, so I moved it i^to the corresponding category.
The grey parrot is an African Grey Parrot, Psittacus erithacus.