PARROTS
IN THE vast Pantanal wetlands of west-central Brazil, hyacinth macaws (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus) substantially smaller than the normal size have been hiding in plain sight. No, a new species has not been discovered, but rather these are downsized versions of the same species, termed “dwarf” hyacinth macaws by researchers.
Dr Neiva Guedes and her team of biologists at the Institute Arara-Azul (Blue Macaw Institute) made the discovery by means of an exhaustive