Chestnut-fronted Macaw

Ara severus

(L 19-19.5" 10.6-14.5 oz)

Lifespan reported
from 30 to 80 yrs.

cloud forest near Cock-
of-the-Rock Lodge, Peru

19May2009

a captive/pet

Amazonia Lodge

Peru

20Sept2011

The Scarlet Macaw is one of the
illegal pet trade‘s most popular
animals…about 100 of the world’s
350 parrot species are thought to
be threatened with extinction.

(Time Magazine 25Nov2013)