The Story
I made this photo of a Chestnut-fronted Macaw (Ara severus) at La Macarena, Meta, Colombia. It lives over a large part of northern South America, from Panama south into Amazonian Brazil and central Bolivia. It is about 45 to 50 centimeters long. It nests in a hole in a tree, usually laying two or three white eggs. The female incubates for about 28 days, and the chicks leave the nest about 70 days after hatching. The Sierra de la Macarena is home to about 420 bird species, along with eight species of primates.
I used a Pentax K-1 with the HD Pentax-D FA 150-450mm f/4.5-5.6 for this one, at 1/1000 sec, f/5.6, ISO 400, +0.7 EV. IUCN lists the Chestnut-fronted Macaw as Least Concern, with a decreasing population.
©2020 Adam Rainoff Photographer
The bird
The Chestnut-fronted Macaw (Ara severus) belongs to the family Psittacidae (New World and African Parrots) in the eBird/Clements taxonomy.
Source: eBird.org (opens in a new tab)
Conservation
Least Concern on the IUCN Red List (assessment published 2018), with the population trend listed as decreasing. Source: IUCN Red List