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OuiSi Nature · Card 124

Trio of Red-and-green Macaws

Ara chloropterus

Location
Brazil's Pantanal
Date
September 17, 2017
Photograph byMelissa Groo

Description

Red-and-green Macaws in Brazil, flying wild and free. “If only I could so live and so serve the world that after me there should never again be birds in cages.” -Isak Dinesen Adults are 90 to 95 cm long and weigh up to 1.7 kg, larger than scarlet macaws. They pair for life and feed mainly on seeds. They are also caught for the illegal international pet trade.

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Wildlife conservation photographer, writer, educator, and wildlife warrior.

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Trio of Red-and-green Macaws

Photograph by Melissa Groo