I’ve seen some wonderful videos taken at Tambopata but this one is truly spectacular! I don’t know how they got so close but they way they filmed it I really felt like I was there!
Spectacular Tambopata Video – Macaws & More
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The Tambopata Macaw Project Talk
Dr Donald Brightsmith, the manager of the Tambopata Macaw Project gives a lecture on the use of the clay lick by the various parrot species. He also shows how the researchers study the growth of the baby parrots.
If you would like to see this amazing place for yourself, start with my article here and also learn how the use of frequent flier miles can get you all the way to Puerto Maldonado so all you have to pay is the taxes and the cost of the Tambopata Research Centre package!
Scarlet Macaw (Ara macao)
The Scarlet Macaw (Ara macao) is a large, red, yellow and blue South American parrot, a member of a large group of Neotropical parrots called macaws.
Two subspecies present differing widths in their yellow wing band:
- A. macao macao South American Scarlet Macaw, the nominate subspecies
- A. macao cyanoptera (Wiedenfeld 1995) North Central American Scarlet Macaw
The Central American scarlet macaw is larger and has blue on its wings instead of green.
Scarlet Macaw (Ara macao)
It is native to humid evergreen forests of tropical South America. Range extends from extreme south-eastern Mexico to Amazonian Peru, Bolivia, Venezuela and Brazil in lowlands up to 500 m (1,640 ft) (at least formerly) up to 1,000 m (3,281 ft). It has suffered from local extinction through habitat destruction and capture for the parrot trade, but locally it remains fairly common. Formerly it ranged north to southern Tamaulipas. It can still be found on the island of Coiba. It is the national bird of Honduras.
Red – Carara National Park, Costa Rica
Purple – Tambopata, Peru
Blue – Alta Floresta/Cristalino, Brazil
Because the Scarlet Macaw has such a large range, it makes it easier to plan a trip to see them in the wild. I have personally seen them at Carara National Park in Costa Rica (use a Central American award), Tambopata in Peru (use a nothern South American award) and Alta Floresta & Cristalino in Brazil (use a southern South American award). Carara can also be accessed by cruise ship passengers, a great way to get your feet wet if you are new to bird watching! Book a Panama Canal cruise that stops in Puntarenas.
LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS PARROT
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The Ara Project in Costa Rica releases some Scarlet Macaws who were bred to fly free and replenish the wild population.
The filmer cut off the best part, where the Chicos of Tambopata raid the breakfast table!
List Of Parrots In Peru
Blue-and-yellow Macaw – Ara ararauna
Military Macaw – Ara militaris
Scarlet Macaw – Ara macao
Red-and-green Macaw – Ara chloroptera
Chestnut-fronted Macaw – Ara severa
Red-bellied Macaw – Orthopsittaca manilata
Blue-headed Macaw – Primolius couloni
Red-shouldered Macaw – Diopsittaca nobilis
Scarlet-fronted Parakeet – Aratinga wagleri
Mitred Parakeet – Aratinga mitrata
Red-masked Parakeet – Aratinga erythrogenys
White-eyed Parakeet – Aratinga leucophthalmus
Dusky-headed Parakeet – Aratinga weddellii
Peach-fronted Parakeet – Aratinga aurea
Golden-plumed Parakeet – Leptosittaca branickii
Green-cheeked Parakeet – Pyrrhura molinae
Red-crowned Parakeet – Pyrrhura roseifrons
Deville’s Parakeet – Pyrrhura lucianii
Wavy-breasted Parakeet – Pyrrhura peruviana
Maroon-tailed Parakeet – Pyrrhura melanura
Black-capped Parakeet- Pyrrhura rupicola
Andean Parakeet – Bolborhynchus orbygnesius
Barred Parakeet – Bolborhynchus lineola
Mountain Parakeet – Psilopsiagon aurifrons
Blue-winged Parrotlet – Forpus xanthopterygius
Dusky-billed Parrotlet – Forpus sclateri
Pacific Parrotlet – Forpus coelestis
Yellow-faced Parrotlet – Forpus xanthops (E)
White-winged Parakeet – Brotogeris versicolurus
Gray-cheeked Parakeet – Brotogeris pyrrhopterus
Cobalt-winged Parakeet – Brotogeris cyanoptera
Tui Parakeet – Brotogeris sanctithomae
Amazonian Parrotlet – Nannopsittaca dachilleae
Scarlet-shouldered Parrotlet – Touit huetii
Sapphire-rumped Parrotlet – Touit purpurata
Spot-winged Parrotlet – Touit stictoptera
Black-headed Parrot – Pionites melanocephala
White-bellied Parrot – Pionites leucogaster
Orange-cheeked Parrot – Pionopsitta barrabandi
Black-winged Parrot – Hapalopsittaca melanotis
Rusty-faced Parrot – Hapalopsittaca amazonina
Red-faced Parrot – Hapalopsittaca pyrrhops
Short-tailed Parrot – Graydidascalus brachyurus
Blue-headed Parrot – Pionus menstruus
Red-billed Parrot – Pionus sordidus
Speckle-faced Parrot – Pionus tumultuosus
Bronze-winged Parrot – Pionus chalcopterus
Festive Parrot – Amazona festiva
Yellow-crowned Parrot – Amazona ochrocephala
Orange-winged Parrot – Amazona amazonica
Scaly-naped Parrot – Amazona mercenaria
Mealy Parrot – Amazona farinosa
Red-fan Parrot – Deroptyus accipitrinus