Collpas and macaws of the Tambopata

Collpas and macaws of the Tambopata There are three species of large macaws that are frequently seen in the Tambopata clay licks: the scarlet macaw (Ara macao), the blue and yellow macaw (Ara ararauna) and the red and green macaw (Ara chloropterus). All three are majestic seed dispersers and, therefore, inhabitants of superlative importance for the health of the Amazon forests. (Without their disciplined work as seed carriers everywhere, the forests would lose their largest trees and the collapse of these extraordinary ecosystems so vital to Gaia would be imminent). I forgot: macaws are...