Blue-headed Macaw

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Blue-headed Macaw
Conservation status
Endangered
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Psittaciformes Family: Psittacidae Genus: Primolius Species: P. couloni
Binomial name
Primolius couloni (P. L. Sclater, 1876)

The Blue-Headed Macaw or Coulon's Macaw, Primolius couloni, is native to northern Bolivia, western Peru, and eastern Brazil.

Limited information is available regarding this species, according the the IUCN redlist the known populations are in decline and have sufficiently small numbers of mature individuals to be classified as endangered. This may change if more information becomes available.

This parrot has an overall length of 41 centimeters making it a member of the group of smaller macaws known as the mini-macaws which includes any macaw species with an overall length of 50 centimeters or less.

This macaw has a general green plumage with the forehead sides and crown of the head being blue The beak is black closest to the face and horn colored for the remaining two-thirds. They iris is yellow with the entire eye surrounded by a maroon fading to grayish-blue featherless eye patch.

The primary wing feathers are blue with the coverlets being generally green. The long slender tail is dark red, green and blue, with the longest tail feathers being blue.

The feet are flesh colored.

[edit] References

• BirdLife International (2006). Primolius couloni. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 01 April 2007. Database entry includes justification for why this species is endangered