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Anodorhynchus leari (Lear's Macaw; Indigo Macaw)

Wikipedia Abstract

The Lear's Macaw (Anodorhynchus leari), also known as the Indigo Macaw, is a rare Brazilian parrot with a highly restricted range. It is metallic blue with a faint, often barely visible, tinge of green, and a yellow patch of skin at the base of the heavy, black bill. It weighs around 950 g (2 pounds) and is 75 cm (30 inches) long. It was named after the poet, author, and artist, Edward Lear, who published many drawings and paintings of live parrots in zoos and collections.
View Wikipedia Record: Anodorhynchus leari

Endangered Species

Status: Endangered
View IUCN Record: Anodorhynchus leari

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  2.07 lbs (940 g)
Clutch Size [2]  2
Maximum Longevity [1]  38 years

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Map Climate Land
Use
Caatinga Brazil Neotropic Deserts and Xeric Shrublands

Important Bird Areas

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Name Location  IBA Criteria   Website   Map   Climate   Land Use 
Raso da Catarina Brazil A1, A2, A3
Sento Sé / Campo Formoso Brazil A1, A2

Alliance for Zero Extinction (AZE) Sites

Name  Location   Map   Climate   Land Use 
Raso da Catarina Brazil

Prey / Diet

Syagrus coronata (Licuri Palm)[3]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus (Hyacinth Macaw)1

Institutions (Zoos, etc.)

    Maps
Institution Infraspecies / Breed 
Al-Wabra Wildlife Preservation
Fundacao Parque Zoologico de Sao Paulo
Fundacao Zoo-Botan. de Belo Horizonte
Jardin Zoologico de Cdad.Buenos Aires
Zoological Garden Prague

Range Map

Link to Map
South America;

External References

Photos

Citations

Species recognized by Peterson A.P., 23-Jan-2007, ITIS Global: The Integrated Taxonomic Information System in Catalog of Life 2011
Endangered Status provided by IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2 <www.iucnredlist.org> Downloaded on 11 April 2013.
Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774 ♦ 2Jetz W, Sekercioglu CH, Böhning-Gaese K (2008) The Worldwide Variation in Avian Clutch Size across Species and Space PLoS Biol 6(12): e303. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060303 ♦ 3Leal IR, Silva JMC, Tabarelli M, Lacher TE. 2005. Changing the course of biodiversity conservation in the Caatinga of northeastern Brazil Conservation Biology 19: 701–706
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 gis.wwfus.org/wildfinder
AZE sites provided by Alliance for Zero Extinction (2010). 2010 AZE Update.
Important Bird Areas provided by BirdLife International (2010) Important Bird Areas. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 29/12/2010
Images provided by Wikimedia Commons licensed under a Creative Commons License
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Range map provided by Ridgely, R. S., T. F. Allnutt, T. Brooks, D. K. McNicol, D. W. Mehlman, B. E. Young, and J. R. Zook. 2007. Digital Distribution Maps of the Birds of the Western Hemisphere, version 3.0. NatureServe, Arlington, Virginia, USA.
Data provided by NatureServe in collaboration with Robert Ridgely, James Zook, The Nature Conservancy - Migratory Bird Program, Conservation International - CABS, World Wildlife Fund - US, and Environment Canada - WILDSPACE.
Weather provided by NOAA METAR Data Access
Institution information provided by International Species Information System - May 2011