Blue-headed Macaw

The Gebirgsara, also Blue headed Macaw ( Primolius couloni ), is a species of parrot of the genus Kleinaras. Philip Sclater Lutley named in 1876 in honor of Gebirgsara Swiss museum director Louis Coulon. Some researchers attribute the Gebirgsara couloni as Propyrrhura.

Description

Primolius couloni is 40 to 42 inches tall. Males and females are outwardly identical.

The head is blue, the whole body green. The wing-coverts and primaries are also blue, the tail-feathers reddish brown with bluish tips, olive yellow underside thereof. The bare area between the eyes and beak is black, flesh-colored feet. The iris is yellow with an orange ring. The beak is black at the base and towards the tip white. In young animals, the beak and the feet are completely black.

Dissemination

The Gebirgsara occurs in eastern Peru, western Brazil and northern Bolivia. It lives mainly in the rainforest, there but also happy to deforested areas and in urban areas. He comes up before at altitudes of 1300 m.

Behavior

Outside the breeding season you can see the Blue headed Macaw mostly in twos or threes. Although he likes to live near humans, is known about its behavior not much. Similar to other Kleinara species it feeds on nuts, seeds and fruits.

The females lay mostly 3-4 eggs which are incubated for 24-26 days. After hatching, the young remain for a further 90 days in the nest and are then automatically after 5-6 months.