3600 x 4800 px | 30,5 x 40,6 cm | 12 x 16 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
2008
Ubicazione:
Caracas, Venezuela
Altre informazioni:
The macaw, red flag or paca (Ara macao) is a big, colorful bird, belonging to the group papig. Inhabits in tropical moist forests from Mexico to the Amazon in Peru, Bolivia, Brazil and Venezuela, from 0 to 1, 000 meters above sea level. It is endangered by the destruction of their habitat and capture for trade. It measures between 81 and 96 inches long, weighs about 1 kg. The plumage is mostly scarlet, but in rabadilla and feathers on the tail is blue, and yellow in the bottom of the wings. It has white skin around their eyes and black the lower jaw. They feed on fruits and seeds and can be observed in tall trees and deciduous forest lowland or near streams. It matched for life after 4 years. The female lays 2 to 4 egg whites into the cavity of a tree that empollan by 24 or 25 days. They bear the chicks during 105 days. At one year of age were separated from their parents. It is popular for its domestic bird behavior sociable and because learns to mimic words. In 1993, he was declared as the national bird of the Republic of Honduras.
