Hyacinth Macaw, National Aviary (Pittsburgh, PA)

Few birds are as instantly recognizable as the aptly named Hyacinth Macaw. With their bright blue feathers, yellow-ringed eyes and mischievous grins, they are the class clowns of the parrot world. These intelligent, social birds gather in flocks of up to 30 individuals, using their loud squawks and screams to keep in touch with each other in the dense rainforest canopy. They travel long distances daily in search of the various nuts and fruit that make up their diet. Hyacinth Macaws boast large, powerful beaks that can crack into even the hardest nuts, giving them access to a food sources few other animals can exploit. Macaws are also sometimes seen eating damp clay off open cliff faces, perhaps to neutralize noxious chemicals from the fruits and nuts that might otherwise both their stomachs. Once common throughout Central America and eastern South American, the wild Hyacinth Macaw has fallen on hard times due to over-collection for the caged bird trade, and habitat loss. In the 1908's, an estimated 10,000 birds were taken from the wild, and destruction of nesting trees by cattle ranchers an dplantation farmers continues to impact their survival. The Hyacinth Macaw is still locally common in some parts of Brazil, though, and many ranch-owners have begun to protect the macaws on their land.
[Source: www.aviary.org/animals/hyacinth-macaw]

The hyacinth macaw (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus), or hyacinthine macaw, is a parrot native to central and eastern South America. With a length (from the top of its head to the tip of its long pointed tail) of about 100 cm (3.3 ft) it is longer than any other species of parrot. It is the largest macaw and the largest flying parrot species, though the flightless kakapo of New Zealand can outweigh it at up to 3.5 kg. While generally easily recognized, it can be confused with the far rarer and smaller Lear's macaw. Habitat loss and the trapping of wild birds for the pet trade have taken a heavy toll on their population in the wild, so the species is classified as Vulnerable on the International Union for Conservation of Nature's Red List, and it is protected by its listing on Appendix I of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).
[Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyacinth_macaw]

The National Aviary, located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is the only independent indoor nonprofit aviary in the United States. It is also the country's largest aviary, and the only accorded honorary "National" status by the United States Congress. The aviary is home to over 500 birds representing more than 150 species, and is a member of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA).
[Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Aviary]

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