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Photographs in the Wild

Important Note !

The remaining wild population consists of approximately 200 in Costa Rica, 1500 in Nicaragua and two dozen individuals in Ecuador (unconfirmed sightings in NW Ecuador).

The life cycle of the Great Green Macaw is totally dependent on the Almendro Tree. This tree supplies the majority of food and majority of nest sites for the Great Green Macaw.

The Great Green Macaw is established in captivity.

Click on a image to enlarge ! All Images from the Costa Rican Population

Great Green Macaw 1

A Great Green Macaw guarding the nest

at the Guanacaste blanco tree

(Enterolobium schomburgkii)

Great Green Macaw 2

A Great Green Macaw at nest cavity at

the Guanacaste blanco

Great Green Macaw 3

A Great Green feeding on Monkey Pods

nuts (Lecythis ampla)

Great Green Macaw 4

A Great Green feeding on Monkey Pods

nuts (Lecythis ampla)

Great Green Macaw 5

Great Green hanging out in the

Cerros Chaparron Valley

Great Green Macaw 6

Great Green feeding on nuts of the

Almendro tree (Dipteryx panamensis),

Cerros Chaparron

Great Green Macaw 7

A happy couple in the

Cerros Chaparron Valley

Great Green Macaw 8

A happy couple in the

Cerros Chaparron Valley

Great Green Macaw 9

Feeding and fighting about the nuts

of the "maquenque" palm tree

(Socratea exhorriza), Cerros Chaparron

Great Green Macaw 10

Feeding and fighting about the nuts of

the "maquenque" palm tree

(Socratea exhorriza), Cerros Chaparron

Great Green Macaw 11

Feeding and fighting about palm nuts,

Cerros Chaparron

Great Green Macaw 12

Feeding and fighting about palm nuts,

Cerros Chaparron

Great Green Macaw 13

A pair surveying their nest cavity at the

Guanacaste blanco tree

(Enterolobium schomburgkii)

Great Green Macaw 14

A pair surveying their nesting tree and

nest cavity, Guanacaste blanco

Great Green Macaw 15

Entering the nest cavity of the

Guanacaste blanco tree

(Enterolobium schomburgkii)

Great Green Macaw 16

Leaving the nest of the Guanacaste

Blanco tree

(Enterolobium schomburgkii)

Great Green Macaw 17

Last years chick watching the

nesting activity, Guanacaste blanco

Great Green Macaw 18

Leaving the nest cavity at the

Guanacaste blanco tree

Great Green Macaw 19

Great Green Macaw pair Fly-over,

Cerros Chaparron Valley

Great Green Macaw 20

16 Great Greens in flight,

most probably 2-3 year olds flocking,

Cerros Chaparron Valley,

Great Green Macaw 21

Great Green fly-over,

Cerros Chaparron Valley

Great Green Macaw 22

Great Green leaving nest cavity

in Almendro tree,

at Los Arbolitos, Sarapiqui

Great Green Macaw 23

Great Green feeding in Almendro tree

(Dipteryx panamensis),

Cerros Chaparron Valley

Great Green Macaw 24

Great Greens drinking from water cavity

in Almendro tree (Dipteryx panamensis),

Cerros Chaparron Valley

Great Green Macaw 25

Great Greens drinking from water cavity

in Almendro tree (Dipteryx panamensis),

Cerros Chaparron Valley

Great Green Macaw 26

Great Greens drinking from water cavity

in Almendro tree (Dipteryx panamensis),

Cerros Chaparron Valley

Great Green Macaw 27

Great Green fly by,

Cerros Chaparron Valley

Great Green Macaw 28

Great green landing in "Titor" tree

(Sacoglottis trichogyna),

Cerros Chaparron Valley

Great Green Macaw 29

Great green feeding in "Titor" tree

(Sacoglottis trichogyna),

Cerros Chaparrone Valley

Great Green Macaw 30

Great green feeding on nuts of the

"Titor" tree (Sacoglottis trichogyna),

Cerros Chaparron Valley

Great Green Macaw 31

Great green feeding on nuts of the

"Titor" tree (Sacoglottis trichogyna),

Cerros Chaparron Valley

Great Green Macaw 32

Great green feeding on nuts of the

"Titor" tree (Sacoglottis trichogyna),

Cerros Chaparron Valley

Great Green Macaw 33

Great Greens arguing over rights to a

drinking water cavity in an Almendro tree

(Dipteryx panamensis),

Cerros Chaparron Valley

Great Green Macaw 34

Great Greens arguing over rights to a

drinking water cavity in an Almendro tree,

Cerros Chaparron Valley

Great Green Macaw 35

Great Green in Palm tree,

Cerros Chaparron Valley

Great Green Macaw 36

Great Greens arguing over rights to a

drinking water cavity in an Almendro tree,

Cerros Chaparron Valley

Great Green Macaw 37

Great Green pair in palm tree,

Cerros Chaparron Valley

Great Green Macaw 38

Great Green pair playing in palm tree,

Cerros Chaparron Valley

Great Green Macaw 39

Great Green pair playing in palm tree,

Cerros Chaparron Valley

Great Green Macaw 40

Great Green in palm tree,

Cerros Chaparrone Valley

Great Green Macaw 41

Great Green patiently waiting for his

mate outside nest cavity,

Guanacaste blanco

Great Green Macaw 42

Great green mate in the nest cavity,

Guanacaste blanco

Great Green Macaw 43

Great Green arriving at nest cavity,

Guanacaste blanco

Great Green Macaw 44

Great Green waiting for his mate

outside nest cavity,

Guanacaste blanco

Great Green Macaw 45

Great Green waiting for his mate

outside nest cavity,

Guanacaste blanco

Great Green Macaw 46

Arriving at nest cavity in Almendro tree

(Dipteryx panamensis)

at Los Arbolitos, Los Arbolitos, Sarapiqui

Great Green Macaw 47

In the nest cavity in the Almendro tree

(Dipteryx panamensis)

at Los Arbolitos, Los Arbolitos, Sarapiqui

Great Green Macaw 48

In the nest cavity in the Almendro tree

(Dipteryx panamensis)

at Los Arbolitos, Los Arbolitos, Sarapiqui

Great Green Macaw 49

In the nest cavity in the Almendro tree

(Dipteryx panamensis)

at Los Arbolitos, Los Arbolitos, Sarapiqui

Great Green Macaw 50

The great Almendro nest tree

(Dipteryx panamensis)

at Los Arbolitos,Los Arbolitos, Sarapiqui

Great Green Macaw 51

Almendro nuts (Dipteryx panamensis)

the main diet staple of

the Great Green Macaw

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