[Ara ararauna]
Habitat: Woodlands, open country and forest edges
Size: 30-34"'
Weight: 2-3 lbs
Wingspan: 45"
Average Lifespan: 50 years
Incubation Period: 28 days
Number of Young: 2-3

- Also known as Blue-and-yellow Macaw.
- Uses its powerful beak for breaking nutshells, and also for climbing up and hanging from trees.
- The parents will raise only the strongest chick, leaving the others to starve to death.
- The Blue-and-gold Macaw is considered to be the most beautiful of all parrot species.
- Macaws often gather at clay licks to eat mineral and salt bearing clay, which is found on river banks.