Hyacinth Macaw (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus)
The hyacinth Macaw (Anodorhynchus hyacinthine) is a parrot homegrown to central and eastern South America (Wikipedia, 2017). In general these parrots are the largest parrots, about 40 inches in length (Lafeber, 2017). Their body colour is blue with yellow streaks around eyes and beaks. Perhaps, the unique feature of this parrot is that the Hyacinth macaw is not having ridges in their beak. These parrots are having ‘toothless beak’ (Wild Republic, 2017).
The nesting of Hyacinth macaw begins between July and December. It rely on its predator which is toucan. The parrot make it nest on the manduvi tree, that parrot needs while reproduction (Wikipedia, 2017). These macaw are monogamous, they have only one partner for whole life. Generally, macaw lay two to four eggs with the interval of 25 to 28 days. While female parrot lays eggs in the nests, she spend most of the time with the eggs and the female macaw is fed by the male macaw. The chicks
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They use their toes as their hands and eat with them. As these parrots are having strong beaks, they crack the nuts easily. They can easily makes holes in the coconut with their hard beaks (wild republic, 2017).
The hyacinth macaw is denoting bird of the parrot family. They are known as ‘gentle giants’ as they are calmer than other parrots. These parrots make both high pitch and low pitch noise (sprude, 2017). But now hyacinth macaw is endangered species as they have lost their natural habitat. They need proper care for health otherwise they will suffer from disease known as Psittacosis and papilloma (Lafeber, 2017). One of the unique feature of this bird is that they love to play with humans.
All these remarkable and special features make Hyacinth macaw quite different from the other
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