Scarlet macaw

Ara macao · Psittacidae

The scarlet macaw also called the red-and-yellow macaw, red-and-blue macaw or red-breasted macaw, is a large yellow, green, red and blue Neotropical parrot native to humid evergreen forests of the Americas. Its range extends from southeastern Mexico to Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Bolivia, Venezuela, Honduras, and Brazil in lowlands of 500 m (1,600 ft) up to 1,000 m (3,300 ft), the Caribbean island of Trinidad, as well as the Pacific island of Coiba. Formerly, the northern extent of its range included southern Tamaulipas.

Where the Scarlet macaw lives

Recorded in Costa Rica, Peru, Colombia, Brazil and Ecuador (North America and South America).

Most records fall in Puntarenas, Alajuela, Antioquia, San José, Heredia and Orellana.

See the Scarlet macaw’s range on the globe

Conservation status

Least concern (LC). Not at risk: it is doing well in the wild. Categories are the IUCN Red List as republished by GBIF.

Sources

The range is a density of 153,099 georeferenced GBIF records, not an expert-drawn map. Description from Wikipedia.