Hyacinth Macaw - is the largest parrot in the world.His body reaches a meter in length, and the tail - sixty centimeters.It weighs such a bird from 200 grams to a kilogram and a half kilos.Its name was due to the blue macaw plumage cobalt hue.Its black beak is massive and very strong.Parrot easily bite the wire cage so it should be made of strong iron bars.The eyes of this species macaws dark brown, almost black, with periorbital ring golden color.Dark gray paws have four fingers, two of them are looking forward, and two - ago.On the basis of the mandible is seen clearly wide golden stripe.The skin on the body - pale yellow.
This species of parrots is common in Paraguay, Bolivia and Brazil.Birds prefer gallery forests, savannah, swamp forests with palm islands.Outside the breeding season, they hold the clan of dozens of individuals.In place of feedings and clay shallow green, hyacinth macaw and red fly together.These tropical beauties similar diet: fruits, berries, water snails, nuts.In the shallows, they swallow pebbles and clay rich in mineral salts, to purify themselves the stomach and intestines from toxins.Sounds hyacinth giants emit shrill, croaking - "PAA-aarr."These parrots - good fliers: they are usually overcome dozens of kilometers from the lodging to the feeding places.
It's quite a rare bird.The habitats are often killed for their beautiful plumage.They fall prey to predators - snakes, eagles, cat.Now Hyacinth Macaw disappears also because it reduces the area of forest where this species is found.The offspring are also very often do not survive eggs fall prey to the ants, toucans and ravens, snakes and chicks compete with each other, and the elder junior displaces from the slot.
During brooding male feeds the female.The young are born blind and naked, with their parents are around one and a half years.Living inhabitants of these tropical rainforests on average about 70 years.Of these, ten years spent on childhood and adolescence, lasts 30 years reproductive period, and the rest of the time - a rather long mature life without worries.
Hyacinth Macaw in captivity contained except in zoos.Because of its large size and loud voice, like a heart-rending cry, in a city apartment to keep such a pet is problematic.It requires a very large and extremely durable cells, but it would be better to build a poultry veranda.These parrots are very afraid of the cold - with temperatures below + 10 ° C, they start to get sick and die.The cage or enclosure should contain a maximum of any bird zabavok: rings zerkalets, ladders, bells, perches.Suppose that your pet does not know the lack of thick boughs: in addition to being macaws play with them, they are sharpening their claws on the wood and beak.
Buying parrot - this is a very responsible and difficult task.If you want to buy a chick is Hyacinth subspecies, it should be done only through nurseries: there - bird fosterling, that is completely manual and social animals.In addition, the chicks in the kennel banded irremovable label on which is engraved the name of the country, the nursery and the date of birth of the individual.Youngsters must have a shortened tail, lighter beak and mandible.In both sexes the same color of the plumage, but females are slightly smaller than males.
Hyacinth Macaw has a curious, trusting and gentle disposition.This highly intelligent bird with a good memory.It is best to maintain them in pairs.Unlike other counterparts, hyacinth parrots need diet where the protein is a minimum and a maximum fat.Fruits and vegetables should be only additives and food are the main fatty nuts, sunflower seeds, sprouted grains.You also need to give low-fat cottage cheese, oatmeal and even boiled chicken.These birds like to bathe in the rain or shower, love when they are sprayed with an atomizer.Ara need to keep clean: wash the cage once a week, and complete disinfection carried out twice a year.
