Hahns Macaw | Miles To The Wild

The Red-shouldered/Hahn’s Macaw (Diopsittaca nobilis) is a small green South American parrot whose taxonomy has been changed since we were there in 2012. The red-shouldered macaw (Diopsittaca nobilis, Linnaeus 1758) is a member of the monotypic genus Diopsittaca (Ridgway 1912), one of 6 genera of Central and South American macaws. There are two distinct subspecies, D. n. nobilis (Hahn’s macaw) and D. n. cumanensis (noble macaw), and some with longer wings might represent a poorly differentiated subspecies, D. n. longipennis, which intergrades with D. n. cumanensis in central Goiás, Brazil.Previously the red-shouldered macaw was included in the genus Ara.

My photos at Chapada dos Guimaraes are pretty washed out so I had to use Wikipedia’s shots for the close ups.

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They do have a large range, you can see where the northern and southern species split. They can be seen in many places in Brazil but Chapada dos Guimaraes (green dot) is the easiest place to see them as they roost in the town square at night.

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Stunning close-ups of stunning birds!

Nesting pair

A very easy and scenic drive from Cuiaba (once you find you way out of the town) is Chapada dos Guimaraes National Park.

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Since we had driven all the way from the Pantanal, we arrived fairly late in the day so just made a quick drive through town and went looking for some place to stay. This is the town square where Hahns Macaws roost in the evening. 0Z4 0Z5 0Z8 0Z9

After driving around, we stumbled on this small traditional style pousada with a bird in its logo. It means “Bird’s Corner” which was a good sign and it was ridiculously cheap, around $10 USD-ish!