This article was originally published on Critter Science.

The blue-and-yellow macaw, aka blue-and-gold macaw, is a larger Neotropical parrot. They prefer forest habitats – primarily varzea (seasonal floodplain forest inundated by whitewater rivers), open areas of terra firme (unflooded forest), woodlands, and savannahs. These birds have been heavily traded since 1981, when they were listed on CITES Appendix […]

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