PARROTS
THE EXQUISITE RED-FRONTED macaw (Ara rubrogenys) is a living gem of the eastern foothills of the Andes. It gives colour to a semiarid landscape dominated by thorny scrub and cacti, the product of centuries of human alteration of the native dry forest habitat. The red-fronted macaw is endemic to a small area of the inter-Andean valleys of Bolivia where, in addition to the impact of long-term impoverishment of the habitat, it has suffered from illegal trade and persecution as a crop pest.
The result has been a decline in
