The Lears Macaw

The Lear's Macaw-Anodorhynchus leari



The Lear's Macaw is 28–30 in. long. The body, tail, and wings are dark blue and the head is a slightly paler shade. It has an area of bare pale-yellow skin next to the base of its beak, and orange and yellow eyerings. It has a large black beak and dark grey feet. The general appearance of the Lear's Macaw is similar to the larger Hyacinth macaw and the smaller Glaucous Macaw. The Lear's Macaw, also known as the Indigo Macaw, is a rare Brazilian parrot with a highly restricted range. It is blue with a barely visible tint of green, and a yellow patch of skin at the base of the black bill. It weighs around 2 pounds and is 30 inches long. It was named after the artist, Edward Lear, who published many drawings and paintings of live parrots in zoos. One of his paintings in his book strongly resemble this species, although at the time it was believed to be a Hyacinth Macawa it turned out he had been drawing this new species the whole time and many scientists used his drawings and works of art for their studying and research when the go to the wild and look for it.