9-6-2023 MANDAI BIRD PARADISE, SINGAPORE - BLUE AND YELLOW MACAW (Ara ararauna)

The blue-and-yellow macaw (Ara ararauna), also known as the blue-and-gold macaw, is a large South American parrot with a mostly blue dorsum, light yellow/orange venter, and gradient hues of green on top of its head. It is a member of the large group of neotropical parrots known as macaws. It inhabits forest (especially varzea, but also in open sections of terra firme or unflooded forest), woodland and savannah of tropical South America. They are popular in aviculture because of their striking color, ability to talk, ready availability in the marketplace, and close bonding to humans. 

2-6-2023 BALI BIRD PARK, BALI - BLUE AND YELLOW MACAW (Ara ararauna)

The blue-and-yellow macaw (Ara ararauna), also known as the blue-and-gold macaw, is a large South American parrot with a mostly blue dorsum, light yellow/orange venter, and gradient hues of green on top of its head. It is a member of the large group of neotropical parrots known as macaws. It inhabits forest (especially varzea, but also in open sections of terra firme or unflooded forest), woodland and savannah of tropical South America. They are popular in aviculture because of their striking color, ability to talk, ready availability in the marketplace, and close bonding to humans.

 

3-4-2021 GANDIA, VALENCIA - BLUE AND YELLOW MACAW (Ara ararauna)

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/19018-Ara-ararauna

 

25-3-2018 TABLE MOUNTAIN AVIARY, CAPE TOWN - BLUE AND YELLOW MACAW (Ara ararauna)

1-4-2018 EDEN PLETTENBERG BAY, SOUTH AFRICA - BLUE AND YELLOW MACAW (Ara ararauna)

20-12-2015 JURONG, SINGAPORE - BLUE AND YELLOW MACAW (Ara ararauna)

The Blue-and-gold macaw (Ara ararauna) is a large South American parrot. It is a member of the large group of neotropical parrots known as macaws. These birds are popular in aviculture because of their striking color, ability to talk, ready availability in the marketplace, and close bonding to humans.

Blue-and-gold macaws have bright aqua-blue feathers on the top of their body except for the head, which is lime colored. The bottom, however, is a rich deep yellow/light orange. Their beak is black, as well as the feathers under their chin. Their feet are of a gray color, save for black talons. The birds have white skin, with their face having nearly no feathers besides a few black ones spaced apart from each other forming a striped pattern around the eyes. The irises are pale light yellow.