Primolius maracana
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The blue-winged macaw (Primolius maracana), in aviculture more commonly known as Illiger's macaw, is a species of small macaw (sometimes called a mini-macaw) found in central and eastern South America. The second name is in honor of the German ornithologist Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger. It was previously placed in the genera Ara or Propyrrhura. Blue-winged macaws have been known to reach an age of 50–60 years.
It has a total length of approximately 36–43 cm (14–17 in). It has a moderately sized black bill, a long tail and a mainly green plumage. The upperside of the remiges and primary coverts are blue, as indicated by its common name. The underside of the wings is yellowish, the tail-tip, crown and cheeks are bluish, and the tail-base and small belly-patch are red. The iris is amber. It and the red-bellied macaw are the only macaws where the bare facial-skin is yellowish, but this often fades to white in captivity. Unlike the red-bellied macaw, the blue-winged has a red lower abdomen and a red lower back. In the wild, its flight pattern is said to be a distinctive 'jerky, rearing motion.'
The blue-winged macaw occurs in eastern and southern... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Serra dos Órgãos National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Itatiaia National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Chapada dos Guimarães National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Tijuca National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | Chapada Diamantina National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Niterói | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Rio de Janeiro | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Belém | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Campo Grande | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | Vitória | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Parque das Aves | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Safari Madrid | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 3 | Sanjay Gandhi Biological Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 4 | Berlin Zoological Garden | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 5 | Wrocław Zoological Garden | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 6 | Gramado Zoo | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 7 | Lisbon Zoo | 🇵🇹 Portugal | |
| 8 | Parc de l'Auxois | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 9 | Bosque Rodrigues Alves | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 10 | Zoo das Aves | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 11 | Paphos Zoo | 🇨🇾 Cyprus | |
| 12 | Loro Parque | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 13 | Adelaide Zoo | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 14 | Mangal das Garças | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 15 | Zoo Park da Montanha | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 16 | Bird Park Steinen | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 17 | Africarium | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 18 | Parrot Zoo in Bošovice | 🇨🇿 Czechia | |
| 19 | Aquarium Berlin | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 20 | Stadtvolière Lindengut Winterthur | 🇨🇭 Switzerland | |
| 21 | terrarium ogrodu zoologicznego we Wrocławiu | 🇵🇱 Poland |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Blue-winged Macaw sighting in Rio de Janeiro on a given day, based on 126 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 113th most-seen of the 278 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April–May and July
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Blue-winged Macaw in Rio de Janeiro on a given day, against under 5% in June and August–March, the lowest months. Those are among Rio de Janeiro's driest months, with about 70 mm of rain a month against 230 mm in December.
Between 6 and 9 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Blue-winged Macaw sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
2nd of 5
Of the 5 cities where we can rate Blue-winged Macaw sightings, Rio de Janeiro ranks 2nd at under 5%. The best odds are in Niterói (Brazil, about 10%).
Same family: Psittacidae
The closest relatives of the Blue-winged Macaw that you can see in Rio de Janeiro (family Psittacidae, New World and African Parrots) are Plain Parakeet (about 50%), Monk Parakeet (about 20%) and Maroon-bellied Parakeet (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Blue-winged Macaw is recorded against all the birds logged in Rio de Janeiro (126 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
