Hyacinth Macaw

Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus

Range

• Central South America

Habitat

• Forests

Diet

• Nuts
• Seeds

The largest parrot species, this bird raises only one or two chicks at a time who are dependent until they are nine months old.

They do not normally reproduce until age seven, nesting in huge, old-growth trees. Hundreds have been bred in captivity since the 1960s including here at the Tulsa Zoo.