Scarlet macaw

The scarlet macaw (Ara macao) is a type of parrot.  It is native to humid evergreen forests of tropical South America. 

Its range is from south-eastern Mexico to Amazonian Peru, Bolivia, Venezuela and Brazil in lowlands up to   (at least formerly) up to . It has suffered from local extinction through habitat destruction and capture for the parrot trade, but locally it remains fairly common.  It is the national bird of Honduras.

References

 Other websites 

 Scarlet Macaw in-depth research article.
 Tambopata Macaw project  long term research project in south east Peru
 World Parrot Trust  Parrot Encyclopedia — Species Profiles
 Scarlet macaw videos on the Internet Bird Collection
 Page of photographs of Scarlet and green-winged macaws at a clay lick from Parrots International 
 Scarlet macaw photo on PBase
 Stamps  (15 countries) with RangeMap

 Ara macao conservation and reintroduction in Costa Rica
 Scarlet macaw in illegal traffic in Nicaragua
 The Scarlet Macaw Genome Project

Category:True parrots
Category:Birds of Central America
Category:Birds of South America