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BLUE-AND-YELLOW MACAW Ara ararauna
Sadly this charismatic macaw is now on the verge of extinction in Paraguay due to hunting for the pet trade - its gorgeous plumage meaning that it fetches a high price on the black market. In the wild state is typical of the cerrado belt but recent records are few and far between. One report in 2006 of a pair of birds in Departamento Canindeyú may have been escapes.
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FIGURE 1 - (FPAVE1756PH) Adults, Zoologico de Asunción, Departamento Central (Paul Smith July 2007).
FIGURE 2 - (FPAVE1757PH) Adult ventral, Zoologico de Asunción, Departamento Central (Paul Smith July 2007).
FIGURE 3 - (FPAVE1758PH) Adult head detail, Mendoza Zoo, Argentina (Paul Smith March 2007).
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