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The following exhibits will be closed for maintenance: 

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Our shows are operating at limited capacity as part of the necessary Safe Management Measures. We seek your understanding that once full, we will be unable to accept more guests.

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Lifespan

Lifespan

Up to 60 years in the wild

Diet

Diet

Nuts, seeds,

flowers and fruits

Habitat

Habitat

Forested areas

Range

Range

South and Central America

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The macaws

Tough nut to crack

Tough nut to crack

A macaw’s beak can crack the hardest nut and even crush your finger. Its flexible and scaly tongue contains a bone. Palm nuts are among the toughest nuts but some macaws feed specifically on them. These birds have found the perfect way to enjoy their nuts without too much beak gnashing. They search through pasture land, looking for palm nuts that have been eaten by cattle and passed out with the tough outer shells removed. Make no mistake – macaws are very smart!
Dining on dirt

Dining on dirt

To ensure germination, many seeds and unripe fruits contain toxins to keep animals at bay, What’s a seed- and fruit-eating macaw to do? Well, it could eat some dirt! Rich sediment is carried down the Andes by the Amazon river and deposited on its banks. Macaws feast on the mineral-rich clay exposed when the water level goes down. Besides providing much-needed salt, the clay helps the macaws to neutralise the toxins from the seeds and unripe fruit they eat.

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Breeding the blue-throated

Breeding the blue-throated

To stabilise their population, the breeding of the critically endangered blue-throated macaws is facilitated under the managed species programme. They are notoriously hard to breed and it took seven years of persistent research before our avicultural team was rewarded with their first hatchlings.

The IUCN Status

CR

Critically Endangered

At extremely high risk of extinction in the wild

The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species is widely recognized as the most comprehensive, objective global approach for evaluating the conservation status of plant and animal species.

DD

Data Deficient

Unknown risk of extinction

LC

Least Concern

At relatively low risk of extinction

NT

Near Threatened

Likely to become vulnerable in the near future

VU

Vulnerable

At high risk of extinction in the wild

EN

Endangered

At very high risk of extinction in the wild

CR

Critically Endangered

At extremely high risk of extinction in the wild

EW

Extinct in the Wild

Survives only in captivity

EX

Extinct

No surviving individuals in the wild or in captivity

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