Red-and-green Macaw Ara chloropterus
(aka Green-winged Macaw)

Brazilian name: arara-vermelha-grande
Red-and-green Macaw, Pará, Brazil, February 2002 - click for larger image Brazil

The Red-and-green Macaw is very similar to the slightly smaller Scarlet Macaw Ara macao. The main differences are that the Scarlet Macaw has yellow on the on the wing coverts and the Red-and-green Macaw has lines of small red feathers on its bare facial skin.
Red-and-green Macaw, Cristalino, Mato Grosso, Brazil, April 2003 - click for larger image They are to be found in the humid evergreen forest of the Orinoco and Amazon Basins although they can be found in savannas where there is gallery woodland.

They feed on a variety of seeds and fruits and nest either in holes in trees (as in photo 3) or in holes in cliffs.
Red-and-green Macaw, Pará, Brazil, February 2002 - click for larger image Like all large Macaws it is at risk from the illegal caged bird trade.

There are illustrations in HBW, Volume 4, Pages 293, 307, 309 and 419; in Hilty & Brown, Plate 11; in Sick, Plate 16; and in Ridgely & Greenfield, Plate 30.
Red-and-green Macaw, Cristalino, Mato Grosso, Brazil, December 2006 - click for larger image There are recordings and a distribution map on xeno-canto.
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