Amazon Rainforest

📍 Amazon Rainforest Scarlet Macaw (Ara macao) One of the largest and most dazzling parrots in the Neotropics, unmistakable with its scarlet body, yellow wing coverts, and long blue-and-red tail that can double its total length. A year-round resident throughout the Amazon basin, commonly seen in pairs or small flocks flying above the canopy or visiting forest-edge clearings and lodge gardens. Modeled range · iNaturalist · CC BY 4.0 Wikipedia | iNaturalist | Range map | eBird

📍 Amazon Rainforest Yellow-crowned Amazon (Amazona ochrocephala) A stocky, bright-green parrot with a signature yellow forehead patch and pale eye ring, this one is sheltering under a thatched palapa — a common sight where rainforest meets human settlement. Widespread and year-round across the Amazon basin, often seen in pairs or small flocks near forest edges and clearings. Modeled range · iNaturalist · CC BY 4.0 Wikipedia | iNaturalist | Range map | eBird