李爾氏金剛鸚鵡

分类位置

同属物种

淺藍綠金剛鸚鵡

Glaucous Macaw

紫藍金剛鸚鵡

Hyacinth Macaw

形态与习性

Lear's macaw (Anodorhynchus leari), also known as the indigo macaw, is a large all-blue Brazilian parrot, a member of a large group of neotropical parrots known as macaws. It was first described by Charles Lucien Bonaparte in 1856. Lear's macaw is 70–75 cm (27+1⁄2–29+1⁄2 in) long and weighs around 950 g (2 lb 2 oz). It is coloured almost completely blue, with a yellow patch of skin at the base of the heavy, black bill. Although there are records of the macaw from Britain from the early 1830s, th