Red-shouldered Macaw (Diopsittaca nobilis)

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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LEARN MORE ABOUT RED-SHOULDERED (HAHNS) MACAWS

Wikipedia

World Parrot Trust

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Neotropical Birds

VIDEOS

Stunning close-ups of stunning birds!

Nesting pair