Scarlet+Macaw

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--- ​ The Scarlet Macaw is a colorful large bird that ranged from north to southern Tamaulipas. These birds are found in many tropical like places such as Brazil, Mexico, Bolivia, ad trhe Amozonian Peru. Macaws remain locally common but many have been up - rooted from there habitats for the parrot trade.
 * [[image:scarletmacaw.jpg width="354" height="372" align="right" caption="Two Scarlet Macaws playing with each other."]]Scarlet Macaw **======by. Andrew cervantes Pr.2

Scarlet Macaws eat manily fruit and seeds. Macaws also enjoy nuts and sometimes eat nectar and buds. They also eat clay from the river banks but no one knows why. Nothing really eats a Macaw but they are an endangered species. I believe that Macaws are producers because they do not feed on other organisms so that rules out predator and consumer. This species is a herbivore because it doesnt necessary eat plants but the fruits come from the plants. In their environment these birds are commensal, they are not known for violence and are usually in packs. Macaws orginated from a subtropical rain forest along with river edges, open woodlands and the central of the Savannas and South Americas. Scarlet Macaws prefer undisturbed rainforest. Macaws usually live in very colorful forests and are located in tropical areas and are native to humid forests. They stay in the lowlands up to 500 meters.
 * Classification**
 * Kingdom: || [|Animalia] ||
 * Phylum: || [|Chordata] ||
 * Class: || [|Aves] ||
 * Order: || [|Psittaciformes] ||
 * Family: || [|Psittacidae] ||
 * Subfamily: || [|Psittacinae] ||
 * Tribe: || [|Arini] ||
 * Genus: || //[|Ara]// ||
 * Ecology​ :**

A Scarlet Macaw is mostly a scarlet color. It also has a ripple of yellow and blue. These are very colorful birds with a beautiful arrange of colors and are sometime mistaken with a green wing Macaw. Underneath the tail and wing feathers they have a dark red and metallic gold color. In some cases, Macaws may have a little green on their feathers. Around their eyes they have bare white skin with a hint of red. Their beaks are long and very strong and they have a little black tongue along with a black jaw. Macaws can be up to 32 inches long and weigh up to 2.2 pounds. The way to tell a young Macaw from and older Macaw is by looking at their eyes. The younger Macaws have dark colored eyes while the older Macaws have a yellowish shade to their eyes. Macaws are loud birds when they yell. They make a loud throaty squawkes and squeaks scream that is made to travel for miles to call to their groups.
 * Physiology:**

Scarlet Macaws do sexualy reproduce. Macaws lay up to two or three white eggs in their nest. For about five weeks the mother bird incubates all the eggs until they hatch. After ninety days the baby Macaws begins to learn how to fly. After a year with their mothers the baby Macaw is able to leave the nest on its own. The breeding in Macws can start up at age three. Macaws become very aggresive during mating season which usually last up to six weeks in the early spring. A typical lifespan for a Scarlet Macaw is forty to fifty years but in captivity it can live up to seventy five years.

Scarlet Macaws are very intelligent and very social kind of birds. They love to play and are able to talk to people. A Macaw is able to learn words and phrases. For example when a phone rings and someone answers by saying hello, they eventually pick up that trait and say hello when they here a phone ring. They respond very well to positive training techniques. When a Macaw wants attention they scream a very loud scream. Do not reward a Macaw for there screams instead when learning how to talk Macaws are able to attract attention in a more positive way. Macaws imitate certain things their owns do or say. They also imitate their owns laugh or even greet people at the door. Macaws can become fimiliar with peoples name and will identify them after a while. Macaws are very good birds to have and love to socialize.media type="youtube" key="N7PUKIcKUI4" height="385" width="480" align="right"
 * Interesting behaviors:**[[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Ara_macao_-on_a_small_bicycle-8.jpg/800px-Ara_macao_-on_a_small_bicycle-8.jpg width="314" height="210" align="right" caption="File:Ara macao -on a small bicycle-8.jpg" link="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ed/Ara_macao_-on_a_small_bicycle-8.jpg"]]

"Scarlet Macaw." //Encyclopedia Americana//. 2010. Grolier Online. 14 May. 2010 [].
 * Citations:**

"Macaw." //Encyclopedia Americana//. 2010. Grolier Online. 14 May. 2010 [].

Raikow, Robert J. "Macaw." //Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia//. 2010. Grolier Online. 14 May 2010 .