Ara severus
            
               (L 18" Wt 11-14 oz)
          
         
            
               From Panama south into
               Amazonian Brazil and central
               Bolivia...lifespan is 30-80 yrs.
          
         
            
               Wildsumaco Lodge
            
               13Mar2017
          
         
            
               I spent a lot of money on booze,
               birds and fast cars. The rest I just
               squandered.
            
               (George Best, footballer)
          
         
            
               Ara is a Tupi (Brazilian) name for a
               parrot; severus is Latin for grave,
               stern, grim, cruel.
          
         
            
               © Paul A.
               Schwartz
            
               Macaulay
               Library