Birds of the World

Psittacidae : Parrots

Chestnut-fronted Macaw

Ara severa

Chestnut-fronted Macaws with Mealy Amazons (Amazona farina) - Tambopata, Peru - December 2008

Chestnut-fronted Macaws with Mealy Amazons (Amazona farina) - Tambopata, Peru - December 2008

This relatively small macaw (only half the size of the Hyacinth Macaw), found throughout most of the Amazon basin, is abundant in the lowland forests of eastern Ecuador and Peru where it forms large flocks at clay-licks.

Tambopata, Peru - December 2008

Tambopata, Peru - December 2008