Red-fronted Macaw

The Red-fronted Macaw (Ara rubrogenys ) is a species of parrot from the genus of authentics macaws (Ara ) in the family of authentics parrots ( Psittacidae ). The specific epithet rubrogenys is composed of the Latin ruber red and for the Greek genys for cheek.

Features

The Red-fronted Macaw reaches a body length of 60 cm and a weight of about 500 g The staining is predominantly olive green, the rump is olive. Forehead, top of the head, ear-coverts and shoulder patch are orange - red, as are the under wing-coverts, the sides and the feathers on the legs. The wings are blue mostly. The tail feathers are olive colored and blue at the tips of the upper side, lower side at the tips of olive - yellow. The featherless part of the face, compared with other species, quite small and pink colored white, the iris is orange. Beak and legs are gray black.

When the young birds of the amount of red on the head, ear-coverts and wing is lower. Your coloring is dull with less blue on the inner tail feathers.

Distribution and habitat

The Red-fronted Macaw is endemic to a very small distribution area on the eastern slopes of the Andes in south-central Bolivia ago. The habitats of Rotohraras located 1100-2500 m, locally up to 3000 m in the Interandean dry valleys of Bolivia. In this area there is a climate of the steppe and semi-desert with thorn bushes, cacti and sporadic trees.

Way of life

The diet consists of fruits and seeds. Rotohraras also eat crops, especially peanuts and immature corn, in Bolivia, he is therefore locally as a pest. The sleeping and nesting sites are located on undisturbed flow part coasts. Oviposition were reported between November and in exceptional cases up to April. There are reared one or two, occasionally three cubs. The parents and the pups remain from late March to early April at the breeding grounds.

Threats and conservation

The stock of Rotohraras is very small and declining. The International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources ( IUCN) classified the species as endangered ( Endangered, EN). She's in Endangered Species Convention ( CITES) in Appendix I and in EC Regulation 709/2010 [ EC ] listed in Annex A and strictly protected under the Federal Nature Conservation Act [ BG ] (Status :: s ).