tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30190225859531855352011-12-20T12:39:49.098-08:00Rare Pet Animaleditactionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00184919643238531413noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3019022585953185535.post-74988984067425304862011-12-14T07:13:00.000-08:002011-12-14T07:58:52.640-08:00Macaws<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-24572610-4']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js'; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })();</script><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8S6lLxOnCzA/Tui9GKXucPI/AAAAAAAAAGQ/clmv2C7ec7g/s1600/macaw_617_600x450.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8S6lLxOnCzA/Tui9GKXucPI/AAAAAAAAAGQ/clmv2C7ec7g/s320/macaw_617_600x450.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Macaws</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">are little to big, often colorful New planetparrots. Of the many different Psittacidae (true parrots) genera, six areclassified as macaws:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Ara</i>,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Anodorhynchus</i>,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Cyanopsitta</i>,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Primolius</i>, <i>Orthopsittaca</i>,and<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Diopsittaca</i>.Previously, the members of the species<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Primolius</i><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>were located in<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Propyrrhura</i>, but the former is rightin accordance with ICZN rules. Macaws are resident of Mexico, CentralAmerica, South America, and previously the Caribbean. Most type are associatedwith forests, especially rainforests, except others prefer woodland orsavannah-like habitats.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><br /></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">A number of the macaw type are identified for their impressivesize. The biggest parrot in length and wingspan is the Hyacinth Macaw. Theheaviest macaw is the Buffon's, although the heaviest parrot is the flightlessKakapo. While still fairly large parrots, the macaws of the genera<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Cyanopsitta</i>,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Orthopsittaca</i><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>and<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Primolius</i><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>are significantly smaller than themembers of<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Anodorhynchus</i><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>and<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Ara</i>.The smallest part of the family, the Red-shouldered Macaw, is no larger thansome parakeets of the genus<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Aratinga</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3019022585953185535-7498898406742530486?l=rarepets.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>editactionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00184919643238531413noreply@blogger.com0