Red-and-green macaw

Red-and-green macawA large parrot found mainly in South America, combining a red body with green and blue wing feathers.What does it look like?Rows of small red feathers cross the white facial skin. Adult males and females look alike.A return to IberáIn Argentina’s Iberá National Park, a project is bringing back red-and-green macaws that had disappeared locally. A 2022 doctoral thesis followed the released birds. They travelled up to 12 kilometres a day to reach feeding sites, and in later years some roosted at least 30 kilometres from the release site. Breeding behaviour began within the first months, but the first successful attempt in the wild came in the third year. The macaws used at least 51 plant species. Their interactions with plants included carrying fruit and eating seeds before dispersal. Predation caused much of the early mortality, while annual survival was high after the first year. These records link the return of the birds with the forests around Iberá.Keeping it safeIUCN Red List (checked via BirdLife International) · Least Concern (LC) · GlobalBirdLife International currently lists the Red-and-green Macaw as Least Concern (LC). The assessed-on date was not visible in the public record checked.