in means and South America's tropical rain-forests lives the most magnificent and biggest types of the parrots, that Aras. These rain-forests probably form the most complex habitat, that one can introduce oneself. The bird-world splits specialized types, subtypes and races, whose singles-populations reach however only low Individuenzahlen, for itself in it into many. So, the opinions about the number of the types and subtypes of the Aras separate far. Already in the time before its "Zivilisierung" of the Europeans, Native American-people held half-tame Aras in its settlements. they processed the colorful plumage of the birds to magnificent jewelry. In the old Mexico, Nistbäume of the Aras were transmitted on the son by the father.
Types In the Urwäldern Brazil lives with a length of barely 1 m as biggest type of the Hyazinth-Ara (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus). Only two small, unbefiederte areas around the eyes and at the root of the sub-beak take off yellow shining from the uniformly (hyazinth -) blue plumage. Little, it get along blue-yellow Ara or Ararauna (Ara ararauna) the Hyazinth-Ara at size and the darkness-red or Grünflügelara (Ara chloroptera) after. The tail alone this in Panama and Bolivia gave a home can become bird 60 cm long. With a total-length of approximately 50 cm, the dwarf or Rotbugara (Ara severa) is one of the smallest Ara-Arten.
Differently than a bigger area is unbefiedert with the Hyazinth-Ara and its next relative with the types of the type Ara at the head-side. Is they all sincerely colorfully colored and has long, narrowly running out tails together.
Food The Aras usually roving through the rain-forest in pairs live from plants, with what they can break even very thickly-stale-y nuts open with its mighty beak. Also with the mountaineering, they use it sent very.
Reproduction Aras erbrüten its 2-3 boys in tree-caves.
Captivity Besides Araraunas, also it is offered Ara or Arakanga (Ara macao) to light-red in the animal-trade on occasion. It is here reminded only shortly after, that these big and active birds make high demands on its attitude in captivity, one wants to become just for its activity-urge and not only blunt decoration-pieces in the "golden cage" beside the sofa put.
Endangering Until today, already 8 Ara-Arten were wiped out, and the remaining are threatened above all through the onward destruction of its habitat, the deforestation of the tropical rain-forests. But also the animal-trade contributes to the endangering of the continuances. The Blauara (Anodorhynchus glaucus) and the little one Hyazinthara (Anodorhynchus leari) therefore are subject to the protection through the Washingtoner Artenschutzübereinkommen.
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