Orthopsittaca manilatus

(Boddaert, 1783)

Vernacular names
English : Red-bellied macaw
French : Ara macavouane

Classification
Class : Aves
Order : Psittaciformes
Family : Psittacidae
Notes : No subspecies known.

Identification
Fairly small macaw growing to 51 cm long for a weight of 390 g. Unmistakable with its bright yellow naked face skin. Black bill. Plumage mostly dull green with bluish tinge on forehead and dull red patch on belly.

Range and habitat
The species occurs in South America, from east-central Colombia to north Bolivia, then to most of Brazil and north to Guianas and eastern Venezuela. Lives in seasonally inundated savannas and grasslands, near rivers, to 650 m.

Conservation
IUCN RED LIST : LEAST CONCERN
CITES : Appendix II
Status : The species is locally common where Mauritia palm stands are left. In French Guyana and Venezuela, the species is declining alarmingly.
Ex-Situ Programs : None known

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