Birds of Color
by Jon Burch Photography
Title
Birds of Color
Artist
Jon Burch Photography
Medium
Photograph - Digital Capture & Enhancement
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No crackers for you today Polly...
Macaws are long-tailed, often colorful New World parrots. Proportionately larger beaks, long tails, and relatively bare, light-colored, facial patch areas distinguish macaws from other parrots. Sometimes the facial patch is smaller in some species and limited to a yellow patch around the eyes and a second patch near the base of the beak in the members of the genus Anodorhynchus. A macaw's facial feather pattern is as unique as a fingerprint.
The largest macaws are the hyacinth, Buffon's or great green and green-winged macaws. While still relatively large, macaws of the genera Cyanopsitta, Orthopsittaca and Primolius are significantly smaller than the members of Anodorhynchus and Ara. The smallest member of the family, the red-shouldered macaw, is no larger than some parakeets of the genus Aratinga.
Macaws, like other parrots, toucans and woodpeckers, are zygodactyl, having their first and fourth toes pointing backward.
Photograph made in the Denver, Colorado zoo…
Some digital effects were applied to this original image after the photograph was made. No electrons were harmed during the transition. Ordered images will not contain the FAA watermark.
Image copyright 2019 Jon Burch Photography
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May 5th, 2019
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