Macaw

Ara

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Anodorhynchus

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Cyanopsitta

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Propyrrhura

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Orthopsittaca

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Diopsittaca

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Macaws are large colorful New World parrots, classified into six of the many Psittacidae genera: Ara, Anodorhynchus, Cyanopsitta, Propyrrhura, Orthopsittaca, and Diopsittaca. They are the largest birds in the parrot family in length and wingspan, though the flightless Kakapo is heavier.

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Parrots are zygodactyl, like woodpeckers, having 4 toes on each foot – two front and two back.

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Their native habitats are the forests, especially rain forests, of Mexico and Central and South America.

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New World: "The New World" is one of the names used for the American continents and adjacent islands collectively, in use since the 16th century. The Americas were at that time new to the Europeans, who previously thought of the world as consisting only of Europe, Asia, and Africa (the Old World). The term "Ne...

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