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BLUE COCKATOO LIFESPAN SKIN

Both parents show extreme aggression towards intruders in order to protect their young. During their first week after hatching, only the female will feed the young through regurgitation, afterwards the male will also feed the young.

Range age at sexual or reproductive maturity (male) 3 to 4 yearsīlue-and-yellow macaw males and females care for their young through providing for them and protecting them.

Range age at sexual or reproductive maturity (female) 3 to 4 years.

Range time to independence 10 (low) days.

Breeding season Blue-and-yellow macaws breed from January through July.

Breeding interval Blue-and-yellow macaws breed every 1 to 2 years.

gonochoric/gonochoristic/dioecious (sexes separate).

Within 3 months fledglings become independent. After 10 days the young begin to develop feathers. Females lay 2 to 3 eggs and incubate them for 24 to 28 days, after which the young hatch blind and featherless. Nests are found high up in tall trees, mainly in cavities already made by other animals. Their breeding season is during the first half of the year and they breed about every 1 to 2 years.

( Juniper, 1998)īlue-and-yellow macaws reach sexual maturity at 3 to 4 years of age. Range wingspan 104.14 to 114.3 cm 41.00 to 45.00 inīlue-and-yellow macaws form monogamous pairs that mate for life.

BLUE COCKATOO LIFESPAN SKIN

Their eyes are yellow and their facial area consists of bare white skin with several black feather lines around their eyes. Their under-wing coverts and breast are yellow-orange and they have black beaks, throat, and legs. They are vibrantly colored, with blue on their backs and wings, yellow under parts, green forehead feathers, and green tips on the end of their wings. ( Juniper, 1998)īlue-and-yellow macaws are from 81 to 91.5 cm long, weigh from 0.9 to 1.8 kg, and have a wing span of 104 to 114 cm. They nest high in trees to avoid predation. ( Juniper, 1998)īlue-and-yellow macaws are found mainly in rainforests in swampy and riparian areas. Blue-and-yellow macaws are also found in Mexico and are restricted to Panama in Central America.

Ara ararauna (blue-and-yellow macaws) can be found throughout subtropical and tropical forests, woodlands, and savannas in South America from Venezuela to Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia and Paraguay.