Red Fronted Macaw (Ara rubrogenys)
Merlin, The Red Fronted Macaw
Merlin
The Red Fronted Macaw (Ara rubrogenys)
This is my buddy Merlin.You can find more pictures and movies of him
below. Merlin is a Red Fronted Macaw born April 20th,
2004. We bought him
from
an aviary called Avalon Aviary. The aviary is run by
a
fantastic woman named Suzanne who has spent about a year with us
helping us to decide what kind of bird would be right for us and
teaching us all about each species. I would highly recommend
anyone looking for a bird go to
Avalon Aviary
This
species of Macaw hails from Bolivia and
there are apparently less than two thousand of them remaining in the
wild. Sadly, it appears that habitat destruction and outright
murder by the ignorant savages who kill them when they stop to eat corn
and nuts will likely ensure their extinction in the wild. I
realize some people have problems with keeping birds as pets but, after
some research, it is abundantly cleat that many species of birds we
keep as pets would go the way of the Dodo if not for the interest by
owners and Aviaries.
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