FAMILY PSITTACIDAE 



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inner margins of the webs black; central tail feathers red, with some 

 blue at tips, others red basally with dark blue tips; under surface of 

 body red; under tail coverts light blue; under wing coverts red; 

 underside of flight feathers olive-green on inner webs, red on outer 

 webs ; underside of tail red. 



Figure 8. — Scarlet macaw, guacamayo bandera, Ara macao. 





Iris dark yellow ; maxilla dull yellowish white, horn color at base of 

 culmen, elongated tip and lower side at base black; sides of mandible 

 black, with the broad gonys dull neutral gray ; bare skin of side of head 

 and throat cream-white, with a hint of light rose color; front of tarsus 

 and toes dull fuscous-black, with back of tarsus dull buff. 



