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Protecting the Hyacinth Macaw and the Cerrado

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Big, bold, beautiful parrots full of character and charm, macaws make us long for some of the world’s wildest places and assure us that, as long as they fly free, those magical wild places are still intact. Hyacinth Macaws © Michel Gunther / WWF-Canon Hyacinth Macaws , like parrots the world over, face threats from every side.

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Birds of Central America: A Field Guide Review

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Each spread (text and plate) is prefaced with the names of the family (common and scientific names, e.g., ‘Parrots Psittacidae’) and a 1-4 line paragraph summarizing common identification features and distribution. I wish the flight images for the hawks, falcons, parakeets, and parrots were larger.

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Collaborative List – November 2019

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The Management are still in Africa, suffering the buffering that comes with remoteness. White-crowned Parrot – Pionus senilis. Gray Parrot – Psittacus erithacus. Meyer’s Parrot – Poicephalus meyeri. Turquoise-fronted Parrot – Amazona aestiva. Alphabetic Taxonomic. calle jocote.

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