Scarlet Macaw
| Ara macao | Order: Psittaciformes | Family: Psittacidae (New World and African Parrots) |
Ara macao
Order: Psittaciformes
Family: Psittacidae (New World and African Parrots)
This magnificent parrot, found in humid evergreen forests of Central and South America from southeastern Mexico through Amazonian South America, was one of the species originally named and described by Linnaeus in 1758. It mates for life; pairs remain together year-round.