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Red-fronted Macaw

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Red-fronted Macaw

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Also known as Ara rubrogenys

species of bird

Species

Maximum longevity: 23 years (captivity) Observations: One pair of animals was still breeding after 23 years in captivity (Brouwer et al. 2000).

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Encyclopedic overview

The red-fronted macaw (Ara rubrogenys) is a parrot endemic to a small semi-desert mountainous area of Bolivia. It is a critically endangered species; it has been successfully bred in captivity, and is available, if not common, as a pet. It is also sometimes known in the literature as Lafresnaye's macaw, named for the French ornithologist Frédéric de Lafresnaye, who was one of the first to describe the species.

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Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Red-fronted Macaw” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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