Photo gallery: amazon birds



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Blue and yellow macaw (Ara ararauna)


Green macaw


Red Bill Toucan (Ramphastos tucanus)

Andean Cock-of-the-rock
Andean Cock-of-the-rock
Location: Machu Picchu Pueblo

(Peru)

Scarlet macaw (Ara macao) headshot
Scarlet macaw (Ara macao) headshot
Location: Tambopata rainforest

(Peru)

Chestnut Eared Aracari (Pteroglossus castanotis)
Chestnut Eared Aracari (Pteroglossus castanotis)
Location: Tambopata rainforest

(Peru)

Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna); Yellow-crowned parrots (Amazona ochrocephala); and Scarlet macaws feeding on clay
Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna); Yellow-crowned parrots (Amazona ochrocephala); and Scarlet macaws feeding on clay
Location: Tambopata rainforest

(Peru)


Harpy Eagle; Harpia harpyja; in Colombia

Cobalt-winged parakeet (Brotogeris cyanoptera) feeding on Ceiba seeds
Cobalt-winged parakeet (Brotogeris cyanoptera) feeding on Ceiba seeds
Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru

(Peru)


Blue-and-yellow Macaw (Ara ararauna)


Green macaw


Harpy Eagle; Harpia harpyja

Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna); Yellow-crowned parrots (Amazona ochrocephala); and Scarlet macaws feeding on clay
Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna); Yellow-crowned parrots (Amazona ochrocephala); and Scarlet macaws feeding on clay
Birds and other animals feed on clay to neutralize dietary toxins which are ingested during the comsuption of young seeds.
Location: Tambopata rainforest

(Peru)

Scarlet macaw (Ara macao)
Scarlet macaw (Ara macao)
Local name: Guacamayo escarlata
Location: Tambopata rainforest

(Peru)


juvenile Yellow-headed Caracara, Milvago chimachima

Scarlet macaw (Ara macao) headshot
Scarlet macaw (Ara macao) headshot
Location: Tambopata rainforest

(Peru)

Blue-and-yellow macaws flying toward clay lick
Blue-and-yellow macaws flying toward clay lick
Location: Tambopata rainforest

(Peru)

Blue-and-yellow macaw flying in front of purple flowers
Blue-and-yellow macaw flying in front of purple flowers
Ara ararauna. Local name: Guacamayo boliviano
Location: Tambopata rainforest

(Peru)


Blue-and-gold Macaw

Red-and-green macaws in flight above clay lick
Red-and-green macaws in flight above clay lick
Scientific name: Ara chloroptera Local name: Guacamayo cabezÛn
Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru

(Peru)


Harpy eagle; profile head shot

Red-and-green macaws (Ara chloroptera)
Red-and-green macaws (Ara chloroptera)
Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru

(Peru)


Captive harpy eagle

Pair of Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna) flying
Pair of Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna) flying
Location: Tambopata rainforest

(Peru)

Red-and-green macaw in flight
Red-and-green macaw in flight
Ara chloroptera (Local name: Guacamayo cabezÛn)
Location: Tambopata rainforest

(Peru)


Brown-throated Parakeet (Aratinga pertinax)

Close-up on face of a Red-and-green macaw
Close-up on face of a Red-and-green macaw
Location: Tambopata rainforest

(Peru)

Red-and-green macaws (Ara chloroptera)
Red-and-green macaws (Ara chloroptera)
Macaws; parrots; and other birds feed on clay for mineral and salt supplementation and to counter dietary toxins they ingest from seeds. The clay lick also serves as a social setting for the birds
Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru

(Peru)

Green heron (Butorides striatus)
Green heron (Butorides striatus)
Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru

(Peru)

Neotropic cormorant (Phalacrocorax olivaceus) in Oxbow lake
Neotropic cormorant (Phalacrocorax olivaceus) in Oxbow lake
Location: Tambopata rainforest

(Peru)


Scarlet macaw


Parrot


Comorant drying its wings


Blue and gold macaw


Green parrot


Wattled Jacana (Jacana jacana) in the Amazon


Blue-and-yellow Macaw


Harpy eagle with its beak open


juvenile Yellow-headed Caracara, Milvago chimachima


juvenile Yellow-headed Caracara, Milvago chimachima


Roadside Hawk (Buteo magnirostris) in Colombia


Parrot


Black vulture (Coragyps atratus)


Black vulture (Coragyps atratus) in Colombia


Harpy Eagle; Harpia harpyja; at a rehabilitation center


Face of a Harpy Eagle; the world's largest eagle


Blue and gold macaw (Ara ararauna)


Yellow bird


Turkey vulture (Cathartes aura)


Green parrot


Parrot


Brown bird


Scarlet macaw



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