Its namesake green wing feathers distinguish this large bird from the similarly-colored scarlet macaw. A powerful beak is used on a varied diet that includes nuts, fruits, berries, seeds, and other vegetation. Salts and minerals from a cliffside “clay lick” are also essential to their diet and provide protection against some of the poisonous fruits they consume.
Chinchilla lanigera Chinchillas are social animals that live in colonies that sleep during the day and scrounge for any available vegetation to eat at…
Urolestes melanoleucus Magpie shrikes use several hunting techniques to capture their prey of insects and reptiles. Mainly hunting from the ground, this species will…
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