https://wildlife.blog/tags/amazon-rainforest/Recent content in Amazon Rainforest on Wildlife.blogHugoen-ushttps://wildlife.blog/posts/scarlet-macaw-amazon-rainforest/https://wildlife.blog/posts/scarlet-macaw-amazon-rainforest/<hr> <p><strong>Scarlet Macaw</strong> <em>(Ara macao)</em></p> <p>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.</p> <p>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.</p> <p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scarlet_macaw">Wikipedia</a> | <a href="https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1264-Ara-macao">iNaturalist</a> | <a href="https://ebird.org/species/scamac1">eBird</a></p>https://wildlife.blog/posts/parrot-amazon-rainforest/https://wildlife.blog/posts/parrot-amazon-rainforest/<hr> <p><strong>Yellow-crowned Amazon</strong> <em>(Amazona ochrocephala)</em></p> <p>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.</p> <p>Widespread and year-round across the Amazon basin, often seen in pairs or small flocks near forest edges and clearings.</p> <p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow-crowned_amazon">Wikipedia</a> | <a href="https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/18874-Amazona-ochrocephala">iNaturalist</a> | <a href="https://ebird.org/species/ycrpar">eBird</a></p>