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Macaws
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We house a pair of these macaws here in our aviary. Occasionally we will acquire other types as young hatchlings, hand-feed them, and offer them for sale.
Macaws range in size from small to large and are often quite colorful. As new World parrots macaws are native to Mexico, Central America, South America, and formerly the Caribbean. Most species are associated with forest, especially rainforest, but others prefer woodland or savanna-like habitats.
Macaws have large, dark (usually black) beaks, and relatively featherless, light colored, facial patches. It has been documented that a Macaw's facial feathers are unique as a human fingerprint.
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Conures
Currently we breed:
Blue Crowned
Mitred
Sun
Eclectus
Eclectus

The Eclectus Parrot, Eclectus roratus, is a parrot native to the Solomon Islands, New Guinea, northeastern Australia and the Maluku Islands (Moluccas). It is unusual in the parrot family for its extreme sexual dimorphism of the colours of the plumage; the male having mostly bright green plumage and the female mostly bright red plumage with purple fronts. Joseph Forshaw, in his book Parrots of the World, noted that the first European ornithologists to see Eclectus Parrots thought they were of two distinct species. Large populations of this parrot exist in Papua New Guinea, where they are sometimes considered pests for eating fruit off trees. Their bright feathers are also used by native tribes people as decorations.

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