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The Tulsa Zoo is home to three hyacinth macaws, but will soon be getting a fourth. Zookeepers say they are very smart birds ...
A new study has revealed how the hyacinth macaw (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus) and Lear’s macaw (Anodorhynchus leari) help spread the seeds of 18 plant species in Brazil and Bolivia. Researchers ...
In a bizarre biological twist, a new study shows that the Hyacinth Macaw depends on its greatest predator, the Toco Toucan, for continued survival. Living in Brazil’s Pantanal the Hyacinth Macaw ...
A macaw got a new 3D-printed titanium prosthetic beak after the original was torn off in a fight with another bird. A team of South African veterinary specialists fitted Max, a rescue believed to ...
Coco is an endangered Hyacinth Macaw, known in Paraguayan Spanish as a "papagayo azul." Scientists estimated several years ago that only 6,500 were left in the wild, mostly in Brazil. It took a ...
Blue and Gold Macaw and Hyacinth Macaw. The exhibit will also have daily flight demonstrations, showcasing the bird’s agility and grace. Macaws play an important role in rainforest ecosystems by ...
RIO DE JANEIRO — Some have claimed she’s indulging a forbidden romance. More likely, loneliness compels her to seek company at Rio de Janeiro’s zoo. Either way, a blue-and-yellow macaw that ...
For this extended version of Tweet of the Day Sir David Attenborough presents the hyacinth macaw and, the now thought extinct in the wild but planned to be reintroduced in 2021, Spix's macaw while ...