Scarlet macaws lay as many as four eggs per clutch, but only one or two chicks survive until fledging due to parental neglect. Scarlet macaw in flight. (Credit: Zdeněk Macháček via Unsplash. NOTE: ...
In Venezuela's capital, bright flocks of macaws are part of daily life, living side by side with residents. Now that fragile coexistence is under threat, as Manuel Rueda reports from Caracas.
Researchers have discovered that scarlet macaws purposefully neglect feeding the youngest chicks in most broods, even when resources are plentiful. This results in only one or two chicks being able to ...
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