{"id":3782,"date":"2022-11-05T19:14:01","date_gmt":"2022-11-05T19:14:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adoptabosque.org\/?page_id=3782"},"modified":"2023-02-01T03:27:33","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T03:27:33","slug":"guacamayas","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/adoptabosque.org\/en\/guacamayas\/","title":{"rendered":"Macaw Project"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\tBird Monitoring (main page)<\/span><\/a>\n\tBocas del Toro HawkWatch<\/a>\n\tMacaw Project<\/strong><\/a>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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\n\tThe Great Green Macaw, Ara ambiguus<\/em>, is one of the largest parrot species in the world. Yet its populations are rapidly shrinking due to the combined pressures of habitat loss, hunting, and the theft of nestlings for the domestic pet trade. Because they tend to be long-lived (60 - 80 years!), they reproduce slowly and, thus, population declines are difficult to reverse.\n<\/p>\n

\n\tTheir nests are particularly fragile and represent a significant obstacle to their population recovery. The large trees that they choose for nesting tend to be old and mostly dead, thus they frequently fall naturally due to storms or are cut down by humans.\n<\/p>\n

\n\tWhile pursing other projects, we learned that a few pairs of Great Green Macaws were present near the Ember\u00e1 village of La Marea in Panama's Dari\u00e9n province. Most of the trees they nested in had already fallen, however. This project aims to provide man-made nests for these birds to use to support local breeding populations. We are also training members of the local indigenous community to monitor and protect these nests.\n<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

\n\t<\/i> Bienvenido Velasco\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

\nGreat Green Macaw\n<\/h2>\n

\n\tAra ambiguus<\/em>\n<\/h3>\n
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\n\t\tCR\n\t<\/h3>\n\t

\n\t\tCritically Endangered\n\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\n\tDiet:<\/strong> mainly seeds, fruit, and nuts\n<\/p>\n

\n\tNesting:<\/strong> cavities in the tops of trees like the Mountain Almond Tree, Dipteryx panamensis<\/em>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tThese large, eye-catching birds are monogamous and form strong pairs for life. Young birds usually stay with their parents for a few years after hatching, thus they are often seen in pairs or small groups.\n<\/p>\n

\nUnfortunately, this species is severely declining \u2013 fewer than 1,000 adults are estimated to remain in the wild. Their main threats are:\n<\/p>\n