Birds of Costa Rica

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Genus: Ara (2 species, 8 worldwide)


Great Green Macaw
Great Green Macaw (Ara ambiguus) Critically Endangered
Zoo Ave, Costa Rica   		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.
A very large macaw, otherwise similar to the Military Macaw.

Scarlet Macaw
Scarlet Macaw (Ara macao macao)
Santa Fe Zoo, Medellin, Colombia   		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


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