Licking Clay: the Macaws of Tambopata, Peru
10,000 Birds
MARCH 18, 2011
A range of animals come to satisfy their need for salt or the soothing effects of the clay along the river banks of the region. The primary reasons for the decline of macaws and parrots are many but habitat loss due to logging; clear cutting for crops and cattle ranching; and capture for the pet trade rank among the most threatening.
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