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__**- Description**__ Macaws are small to large, long tailed birds, often called New World Parrots. The average size is around 33 inch. These birds have very long tails and a nice shaped body. They have a variety of colours, the common Macaw would have (Blue and yellow) or (Rainbow Red). The very rare ones are (Dark Blue and Red) or (Full Green). Sometimes they can just be a normal greyish colour but usually colourful and bright.

__** -Diet **__ Macaws eat a variety of foods including fruits, palm fruits, nuts, leaves, seeds, flowers, and stems. There favourite out of the lot are palm fruits, very nutritious healthy for Macaws to feed on.

__**Interesting Facts**__ - Blue Gold Macaws can be trained to talk, but are not good at mimicking. They can learn hundreds of words, you just need to know how and the right way to teach them.

- They need lots of space given their large size to move around and exercise. Their wing span is approximately 3.5 feet.

- The average lifespan of most Macaws can be anywhere between 30 to 50 years.

__**World Location**__ - The Macaw Bird is native to humid evergreen forests in the American tropics. They are found just about anywhere in South American forests. They can be found in the Amazon.

__**Habitat**__ - There habitat consists of bascicaly any hot tropcal forests around South America and Mexico. They would curl up in trees at night and rest in the day in high branches.

__**Personalitly**__ - They can be aggressive and tend to pluck, although they are said to be excellent pets. They breed rapidly in captivity and they are increasingly popular in the pet trade. The aproxemat breedinng age is as young as 3 years. When the bird reaches sexual maturity you will need to watch aggression levels during mating season wich is in early spring. This usually lasts 6 weeks.

By Lachie Christie :D