Lear’s Macaw

Lear’s macaw is 70–75 cm (28–30 in) long and weighs around 950 g (2.09 lb). It is metallic blue with a weak, regularly scarcely unmistakable, tinge of green, and a yellow patch of skin at the base of the overwhelming, dark bill.This macaw is uncommon with an exceedingly limited extent. Its lifespan can surpass 30–50 years.

Lear’s Facts

The Lear’s macaw is a lovely extensive blue parrot with a long tail. It was initially depicted in 1858 by Napoleon’s nephew, Lucien Bonaparte, from an outline by the well known British drivel writer, Edward Lear. This parrot stayed subtle in the wild in any case, and was just acknowledged as an unmistakable animal categories in 1978 when naturalist Helmut Sick at long last found the wild populace. Limited to a little range in upper east Bahia in Brazil. The two known settlements are found in Toca Velha and Serra Branca, south of the Raso da Catarina level.

Its principle sustenance is the nuts from Lytocaryum weddellianum, a palm tree. This Macaw parrot eats up to 350 nuts a day.

In 2015 on April 13, there has been a new hatching and this one was really well recorded. Here’s some photos that we found from this lovely bird.

Photo credit: http://www.hngn.com/ and Zoologico

For more than 150 years, the fowls were just known as pets until a wild populace was found in eastern Brazil in 1978. Around 1,200 Lear’s Macaw now live in two wild areas and their numbers are expanding. These parrots are still recorded as Endangered species.