Coulon's Macaw

The Coulon’s Macaw is a parrot of the Psittacidae family. It is distinguished by green plumage, dark eye rings, yellow irises and a blue head. It is small in size, measuring approximately 41 cm and weighing on average 250 g. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil and Peru in humid tropical forests, at the water’s edge or in marshes where it feeds on berries, plants, insects and seeds. Unfortunately, this magnificent Macaw is today highly threatened in its natural habitat, particularly due to the captures to which it is subject. It was reclassified as “threatened” in 2007 on the IUCN Red List, Appendix IA of the Washington Convention.