Red-and-green macaw
Amazing fact
The red-and-green macaw grips branches with its beak to support its body as it moves.
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The red-and-green macaw grips branches with its beak to support its body as it moves.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Red-and-green macaw
- Scientific name
- Ara chloropterus
- Japanese name
- ベニコンゴウインコ
- Group
- Birds
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Psittaciformes
- Family
- Psittacidae
- Genus
- Ara
It lives in northern and central South America and is a large parrot, even among macaws.
Its body is red, its wings are red, green and blue, and the bare white skin of its face has red lines.
It mainly eats seeds, and it also eats the pulp of fruits.
How the Red-and-green macaw lives
It is active by day and spends nights in trees outside the nesting period. It cracks even hard nuts with its powerful beak. When it spots a predator, it calls a warning, and the flock disperses among the trees. It nests in cavities such as tree hollows, and males and females both feed the chicks.
University of Michigan Animal Diversity Web多摩動物公園Basic data
- Size
- Total length: 90–95 cm多摩動物公園
- Weight
- 1,050–1,708 g多摩動物公園
- Active
- By day (diurnal)University of Michigan Animal Diversity Web
- Diet
- Seeds and fruit多摩動物公園
- Range
- Northern to central South America多摩動物公園
Where the Red-and-green macaw has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
- 日本語
- ベニコンゴウインコ
- 简体中文
- 绿翅金刚鹦鹉
- 繁體中文
- 綠翅金剛鸚鵡
- 한국어
- 홍금강앵무
- Español
- Guacamayo rojo
- Français
- Ara chloroptère
- Deutsch
- Grünflügelara
- Português (Brasil)
- Arara-vermelha
- Italiano
- Ara dalle ali verdi
- العربية
- مقو أحمر أخضر
- Bahasa Indonesia
- Makaw sayap-hijau
- Русский
- Зеленокрылый ара
- Türkçe
- Kırmızı-Yeşil Ara
- বাংলা
- লাল-সবুজ ম্যাকাও
- اردو
- سرخ و سبز مکاؤ
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 多摩動物公園 — ベニコンゴウインコChecked: 2026-11-03
- University of Michigan Animal Diversity Web — Ara chloropterusChecked: 2026-11-03
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
Report a mistakeWhen you meet the Red-and-green macaw, look for this
- Look for a pale yellow upper beak with a black base, and a black lower beak.
- Look at its yellow eyes, too.
Animals do different things from day to day, so you may not always see this.
University of Michigan Animal Diversity WebEXHIBIT INFORMATION
Places that keep or show the Red-and-green macaw
Zoos, aquariums and other places whose official websites say they keep or show this animal.
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Displays can change with the animals’ health and the seasons. Check each facility’s official website before you go.
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