Macaws

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Macaws

• By Adon Shapiro

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Kinds of Macaws

• Macaws are the largest bird in the parrot family.
  There are 17 different types of macaws. A few are
  the scarlet macaw (top right), the blue and
  yellow macaw (bottom right), and the hyacinth
  macaw. The scientific name for the macaw is
  PSITTACIDAE.

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What Macaws Eat

• Macaws eat mostly nuts, fruits, berries, and
  clay (see Interesting Facts).

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Enemies

• An adult macaws only enemies are humans because
  they cut down the macaws homes and keep them as
  pets. A baby macaw has many other enemies, like
  other birds and jaguars.

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Where They Live

• Macaws mainly live in the rainforests of South
  America (top right) and Costa Rica (bottom
  right).
• They live in the canopy and emergent layer of the
  rainforest.

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Breeding

• Macaws have only two eggs at a time. Babies are
  called fledglings.

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Interesting Facts

• 1. Macaws eat some poison berries and unripe
  fruit but dont get sick because of the clay in
  Their digestive system.
• 2.Macaws have four toes two facing forward and
  two back to help them grip on to things.