Yellow-collared Macaw

Primolius auricollis

The Birds of the World website introduces the Yellow-collared Macaw with this descriptive information:  The Yellow-collared Macaw is a handsomely colored resident of northeastern Bolivia, northern Paraguay, east-central and southwest Brazil and northern Argentina. Primarily green, Yellow-collared Macaws have a bare white facial patch, a blackish green forehead and nape, a narrow yellow collar which reaches to the sides of its breast, blue on the primaries and primary coverts and a red and blue tail. These parrots can be found in gallery woodland in Pantanal, deciduous Chaco woodland, agricultural plots and ranchland and humid tropical forest. Flocking behavior has been observed in Yellow-collared Macaws outside of their breeding season, fueling the suggestion that these birds undergo local seasonal movements.

I met my first Yellow-collared Macaw on Wednesday, August 30, 2023.  Our Jeff Parker Tour group was staying at Southwild’s Pouso Alegre Lodge  and I watched this bird during an open safari vehicle drive at the ranch.  This Macaw was perched high in a tree near a pond that we were watching.  For details of my Brazilian trip that include the sighting of this bird, look here.  Below is the best photo I could manage of the beautiful Macaw.