What is Red-and-green macaw?
[[File:Red-and-green Macaw (Ara chloroptera) -Pittsburgh -June2005.jpg|thumb|right|250px|{{Center|Red-and-green Macaw (Ara chloropterus)}}]] The '''red-and-green macaw''' (''Ara chloropterus''),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/22685566/0 |title=Ara chloropterus |publisher=The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species|access-date=15 October 2015}}</ref> is a large mostly-red [[macaw]] of the [[Ara (genus)|''Ara'']] [[genus]]. This is the largest bird of the ''Ara'' genus. It is commonly found in the [[forest]]s and [[woodland]]s of [[north]]ern and [[wikt:central|central]] [[South America]]. They are found in [[wikt:flock|flock]]s of 30 or more birds in the lowland areas.<ref name=Hilty327>Steven L. Hilty, ''Birds of Venezuela'' (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2003), p. 327</ref> On forested slopes they form smaller flocks of two to three pairs.<ref name=Hilty327/> The flock [[wikt:roost|roost]]s in [[tree]]s at night. During the day they fly long distances to find [[fruit]] and [[seed]]s to eat.<ref name=Hilty327/> They spend a good part of the day resting, [[wikt:noise|noisily]] arguing among themselves.<ref name=Hilty327/> Like other macaws, in recent years there has been a decline in its numbers due to [[habitat loss]].<ref name=Hilty327/> They are hunted for food, [[feather]]s or are [[illegal]]ly [[wikt:capture|capture]]d for the [[parrot trade]].<ref>John C. Kricher, ''A Neotropical Companion: An Introduction to the Animals, Plants, and Ecosystems of the New World Tropics'' (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1997), p. 366</ref> == References == {{reflist}} {{commons}} <br> [[Category:True parrots]] [[Category:Birds of South America]] {{biology-stub}}