Licking Clay: the Macaws of Tambopata, Peru
10,000 Birds
MARCH 18, 2011
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. Hat-tip to Stella. These threats are further exacerbated by the naturally low reproductive rates of these cavity-nesting birds.
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