GREAT GREEN MACAW NEST, LIVE WEBCAM
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- Location: Sarapiquí, Costa Rica, South America
- Source: Explore Birds Bats Bees
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Info: Live streaming webcam showing a great green macaw nest in the Sarapiquí Rainforest Reserve, in Costa Rica, South America. The great green macaw nest is located in a mountain almond tree and is monitored by the
Macaw Recovery Network, an NGO dedicated to protecting and recovering endangered parrots in Costa Rica.
More info: The great green macaw, also known as Buffon's macaw or the great military macaw, is a critically endangered parrot native to Costa Rica, Colombia, Ecuador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama. The habitat where it breeds in Costa Rica is practically non-seasonal, evergreen rainforest, with rain some ten months of the Year.
In Costa Rica the great green macaw breeds in the lowlands, but disperses to higher elevations afterwards, gathering together in flocks which migrate in search of food.
The Great Green Macaw is one of the largest parrots in Central America and is easily recognized by its bright green plumage and its large blue-red tail feathers.
Great green macaws may Feed on a wide variety of foodstuffs in the wild such as seeds, nuts and fruits, but also including flowers, bulbs, roots and bark. In Costa Rica at least 38 plants are used as a food source. Of particular importance are the seeds or nuts of the Mountain almond tree. The great green macaws beak s particularly suited for breaking open large nuts.
Females usually lay 2 to 3 eggs, which are incubated for about a month. The young remain in the nest for several weeks before taking off.