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Red-Bellied Macaw 1

    Several Red-Bellied Macaws (lower right) share a clay lick

    with Mealy Amazons and Severe Macaws.

Red-Bellied  Macaw 2

   Nine Red-Bellied Macaws share a clay lick with Mealy Amazons

    and Severe Macaws.

Red-Bellied  Macaw 3

    Tambopata River and the Tambopata Clay Lick

Red-Bellied  Macaw 4

    Red-Bellied Macaws share a roost tree above the clay lick with

    Mealy Amazons,Severe Macaws and one Blue and Gold Macaw

Red-Bellied  Macaw 5

    Several Red-Bellied Macaws (lower left) share a clay lick with

     Mealy Amazons and Severe Macaws

Red-Bellied  Macaw  6

    A pair of adult Red-Bellied Macaws at their nest in a dead

    Mauritia Palm (Mauritia flexuosa)

Red-Bellied  Macaw 7

    An adult Red-Bellied Macaw (left) with its fledgling (right) in

    a Mauritia Palm (Mauritia flexuosa).

    Note that the adults have a yellow facial patch and the young

    fledglings' patch is blanched

Red-Bellied  Macaw  8

    A pair of Red-Bellied Macaws in a Mauritia Palm (Mauritia flexuosa)

Red-Bellied  Macaw 9

    A pair of Red-Bellied Macaws and their young fledgling in a

    Mauritia Palm (Mauritia flexuosa)

Red-Bellied Macaw 10

   A pair of Red-Bellied Macaws in flight

Red-Bellied  Macaw 11

    A pair of Red-Bellied Macaws in flight

Red-Bellied  Macaw 12

    Red-Bellied Macaws at an early morning roost tree

Red-Bellied  Macaw 13

    A young fledgling (left) and parent at their nest in a

    dead Mauritia Palm (Mauritia flexuosa)

Red-Bellied  Macaw 14

                 A fledgling Red-Bellied Macaw (left) and parent in a Mauritia Palm nest (Mauritia flexuosa)

Red-Bellied  Macaw 15

               A pair of Red-Bellied Macaws and one of their fledgling (lower parrot) at their nest

 in a dead Mauritia Palm (Mauritia flexuosa)

Red-Bellied  Macaw 16

    A pair of Red-Bellied Macaws and  their fledglings (two right parrots) at their nest

     in a dead Mauritia Palm (Mauritia flexuosa).

    The fledglings have blanched facial skin patch.

Red-Bellied  Macaw 17 

   A pair of Red-Bellied Macaws and their fledglings (two right parrots) at their nest

    in a dead Mauritia Palm (Mauritia flexuosa). The two babies fledged within

    minutes of the photograph.

Red-Bellied  Macaw 18

             A pair of Red-Bellied Macaws and one of their fledglings (center) at their nest

                in a dead Mauritia Palm (Mauritia flexuosa). The this young parrot fledged

                within minutes of the photograph.

Red-Bellied  Macaw 19

    An adult Red-Bellied Macaw (left) and fledglings (right) at their nest

     in a dead Mauritia Palm (Mauritia flexuosa). The young parrot fledged

     within minutes of the photograph.

Red-Bellied  Macaw 20

    A Red-Bellied Macaws peers froma window in its nest in a dead

      Mauritia Palm (Mauritia flexuosa).

Red-Bellied  Macaw 21

    A Red-Bellied Macaws peers from a window in its nest in a dead

     Mauritia Palm (Mauritia flexuosa).

Red-Bellied  Macaw 22

                A family of Red-Bellied Macaws (parents in center) at their nest

                in a dead Mauritia Palm (Mauritia flexuosa).

Red-Bellied  Macaw 23

    A family of Red-Bellied Macaws (parents in center) at their nest

    in a dead Mauritia Palm (Mauritia flexuosa).

Red-Bellied  Macaw 24

    Two parents leave their fledgling at their nest in a dead

    Mauritia Palm (Mauritia flexuosa).

Red-Bellied  Macaw 25

    Two Red-Bellied Macaws return to their nest in a dead

    Mauritia Palm (Mauritia flexuosa).

Red-Bellied  Macaw 26

    Two adult Red-Bellied Macaws return to their nest in a

    dead Mauritia Palm (Mauritia flexuosa).

Red-Bellied  Macaw 27

   Two adult Red-Bellied Macaws land in an early

    morning roost tree.

Red-Bellied  Macaw 28

    A Red-Bellied Macaw perched in a roost tree.

Red-Bellied  Macaw 29

    A Red-Bellied Macaw eating the fruit of the Mauritia Palm

    (Mauritia flexuosa).The Mauritia Palm provides the nests and

    an important food source for the Red-Bellied Macaw.

Red-Bellied  Macaw 30

   A Red-Bellied Macaw foraging for fruit at a Mauritia Palm

    (Mauritia flexuosa). The Mauritia Palm provides the nests and

    an important food source for the Bed-Bellied Macaw.

Red-Bellied  Macaw 31

                A family of Red-Bellied Macaws forage for the fruit of the

                Mauritia Palm (Mauritia flexuosa).

Red-Bellied  Macaw 32

    A family of Red-Bellied Macaws fly over the Tambopata Rainforest.

Red-Bellied  Macaw 33

    An adult Red-Bellied Macaw (left) feeds its chick.

Red-Bellied  Macaw 34

    Two young fledgling Red-Bellied Macaws bicker.

Red-Bellied  Macaw 35

                An adult Red-Bellied Macaw surveying its territory.

Red-Bellied  Macaw 36

            A family of Red-Bellied Macaws (two fledglings on the right).

Red-Bellied  Macaw 37

            A family of Red-Bellied Macaws (two young fledglings on the right).

Red-Bellied  Macaw 38

          A family of Red-Bellied Macaws (two young fledglings on the right).

Red-Bellied  Macaw 39

   An adult and two young fledgling Red-Bellied Macaws (right).

Red-Bellied  Macaw 40

   A group of five adult Red-Bellied Macaws on a morning roost tree.

    Note the "red bellies" in this view.

Red-Bellied  Macaw 41

    A large group of Red-Bellied Macaws on a morning roost tree.

Red-Bellied  Macaw 42

                Two  Red-Bellied Macaws pick fruit from a Mauritia Palm (Mauritia flexuosa).

Red-Bellied  Macaw 43

                Three Red-Bellied Macaws forage for fruit on a Mauritia Palm (Mauritia flexuosa).

Red-Bellied  Macaw 44

    A Red-Bellied Macaw eats the fruit from a Mauritia Palm (Mauritia flexuosa).

Red-Bellied  Macaw 45

     A Red-Bellied Macaw lands in a roost tree adjacent to a grove of Mauritia Palms.

Red-Bellied  Macaw 46

   A Red-Bellied Macaw lands in a roost tree adjacent to a grove of Mauritia Palms.

Red-Bellied  Macaw 47

            A Red-Bellied Macaw family lands to feed on the fruit of the Mauritia Palm (Mauritia flexuosa).

Red-Bellied  Macaw 48

    A Red-Bellied Macaw family lands to feed on the fruit of the Mauritia Palm (Mauritia flexuosa).

Red-Bellied  Macaw 49

   A Red-Bellied Macaw family  feeds on the fruit off the Mauritia Palm (Mauritia flexuosa).

Red-Bellied  Macaw 50

    A Red-Bellied Macaw family lands feeds on the fruit of the Mauritia Palm (Mauritia flexuosa).

Red-Bellied  Macaw 51

   A Red-Bellied Macaw feeds on the fruit of the Mauritia Palm (Mauritia flexuosa).

    The Mauritia Palm is very important in the natural history of the Red-Bellied Macaw,

    as it is the predominant nest tree and an important food source.

Red-Bellied  Macaw 52

   The fruit of the Mauritia Palm (Mauritia flexuosa).

    The Mauritia Palm is very important in the natural history of the Red-Bellied Macaw,   

    as it is the predominant nest tree and an important food source.

Red-Bellied  Macaw 53

   The Mauritia Palm (Mauritia flexuosa). The Mauritia Palm is very important

    in the natural history of the Red-Bellied Macaw, as it is the predominant

    nest tree and an important food source.

Red-Bellied  Macaw 54

    A Red-Bellied Macaw family in flight.

Red-Bellied  Macaw 55

    A Red-Bellied Macaw family in flight (the two fledglings are behind).

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