Scarlet macaws are a symbol of fidelity and virtue to many people because they are thought to mate for life—but it turns out that they also "play favorites" when feeding their young, making them ...

Scarlet Macaw parents 'play favorites,' purposefully neglect younger chicks. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 11, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2024 / 11 / 241108113259.htm ...

Scarlet Macaw parents ‘play favorites,’ purposefully neglect younger chicks Researchers at Texas A&M University have come to the rescue with a “foster program” for neglected chicks.

A scarlet macaw perches on a tree branch at sunrise with the full moon in the background in La Mosquitia, Honduras. ... the couple opted to share some of their crops with the birds.

The scarlet macaw is the national bird of Honduras, ... Davidson remembers a couple of years ago when two birds were stolen from the park, probably to be trafficked illegally.

Stolen Scarlet Macaw Recovered. Published: Feb. 7, 2008 at 12:25 AM HST | Updated: ... He learned a caucasian couple sold the bird to the buyer who gladly gave it back.

Evidence for scarlet macaw breeding at the arid Mexican site supports the idea that people bred exotic animals far from the animals’ native habitats long before the industrial age, Somerville says.