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HEAVEN ON EARTH AVIAN ACRES by Cherane Pefley |
Blue Throated Macaws
BLUE THROATED MACAWS
Name:
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Cherane Pefley
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Business:
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Heavenly Aviary
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Phone:
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772-234-4486
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Email:
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Cherane@aol.com
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Date Received:
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6/28/2005
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Label#
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Species
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BirdID
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Sex
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1
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Blue-throated Macaw
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' 6-24-2005
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'Female
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Two day old BTM in the nest box ... parents looking and watching me
look closely to the right..the white is a drill hole through the Plexiglas
and behind this you can see the baby. Look at that muscle on her head.
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CLOSED BANDED TODAY AND WILL BE MICROCHIP BY DR. BACKOS
COMMON NAME:
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blue-throated macaw, Caninde macaw (though this common name is associated with an inappropriate species classification - see 'GENUS SPECIES' below)
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KINGDOM:
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Animal
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PHYLUM:
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Chordata
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CLASS:
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Aves
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ORDER:
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Psittaciformes
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FAMILY:
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Psittacidae (true parrots)
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GENUS SPECIES:
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Ara (macaw) glaucogularis [Some sources cite caninde, though this is likely an inappropriate translation of Felix de Azara's 1802-1805 species account. 'Caninde' references a specific Tupi-Guarani name for the blue & gold macaw, Ara ararauna. Azara's description likely references A. ararauna.
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Amos and Annie
Two months of diet and flying exercise. Lipomas and cists are not to be found on the male's body. Together taking off to fly back to their nest box.
HYACINTH MACAWS HATCHING BABIES
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