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
True parrots
Birds of Central America
Birds of South America