Talk:Scarlet macaw

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Are they endangered in Costa Rica? --Mitternacht90 21:47, 5 September 2006 (UTC) it's very sad to see the desappearence of these magnificent birds. I'm almost 100% sure that there is some thing we can do to help prevent poachers and hunters from hurting these birds. livy — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.150.210.233 (talk) 19:48, 2 February 2011 (UTC)


 * ? Millie 151.2.211.230 (talk) 08:23, 13 July 2023 (UTC)

Alternate image
There's a PD image available at http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/details.asp (image ID 15004) LeadSongDog come howl!  03:14, 12 October 2012 (UTC)

Wrong photo?
I am wondering. The photo published with the close up of the head of the scarlet macaw. In my opinion this is the greenwinged macaw. These are, like mentioned in the article, ease to confuse with the scarlet macaw. The wing of this bird in the picture is green and not yellow. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 186.15.39.131 (talk) 20:51, 11 March 2012 (UTC)


 * Facially, it certainly looks like a Scarlet Macaw (the greenwing has lines of red feathers on there), but it's a good point about the wing feathers. I've raised this in the current 'birds for identification' thread at WP:BIRDS - see Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Birds. The guys on there are usually really good with this sort of thing. --Kurt Shaped Box (talk) 22:28, 11 March 2012 (UTC)
 * I have removed that image and replaced it with a less puzzling one. Snowman (talk) 10:43, 12 March 2012 (UTC)

Confusing intro
A couple confusing (or wrong?) phrasings in the intro that should be fixed:

"in lowlands up to 500 m (1,640 ft) (at least formerly) up to 1,000 m (3,281 ft)" It says 'up to' twice. Is that supposed to be a minimum/maximum?

"It has suffered from local extinction through habitat destruction and capture for the parrot trade, but locally it remains fairly common" Locally extinct, but remains locally common?

One more note: I looked at the article to find out when it became known to Europe because Tintoretto featured a Scarlet Macaw on his 1548 painting "Summer". I think this is worth noting. It means Scarlet Macaws were brought eastward to Europe before Plymouth Rock was settled. I don't know how to edit in wikipedia so somebody be my guest. - gabrielucf

luke (talk) 16:25, 31 December 2014 (UTC)