Scarlet Macaw

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Lovely movement and colours

NB - Pratim's first ever acrylic. And a very striking image.

This bird must be a wonderful sight , Pratim. I hadn't realized how large they are. It would be terrific to see one in flight, as you have painted it.

Thanks Ruthy flet maam ...<br />Thanks Robert Jones Sir ...<br />Thanks jennifer Alsop maam ...<br />

***FOR BETTER VIEW USE FULLSCREEN PLEASE*** FOREIGN BIRDS ON MY CANVAS # 25/557.. SCARLET MACAW... ACRYLIC ON CANVAS[First time]... 15INCH*26INCH, WITHOUT FRAME... 2015 ... Courtesy: Pinterest...The scarlet macaw (Ara macao) is a large, red, yellow and blue South American parrot, a member of a large group of Neotropical parrots called macaws. It is native to humid evergreen forests of tropical South America. Range extends from extreme south-eastern Mexico to Amazonian Peru, Bolivia, Venezuela and Brazil in lowlands up to 500 m (1,640 ft) (at least formerly) up to 1,000 m (3,281 ft). It has suffered from local extinction through habitat destruction and capture for the parrot trade, but locally it remains fairly common. Formerly it ranged north to southern Tamaulipas. It can still be found on the island of Coiba. It is the national bird of Honduras. It is about 81 centimetres (32 in) long, of which more than half is the pointed, graduated tail typical of all macaws, though the scarlet ma