Military Macaw, Ara militaris mexicana
Jalisco, Mexico October 31, 2017
This species is one of several which is focused on bythe illegal parrot trade.
Mortality rates for illegally trappedbirds is in the range 0f 75%.
There are three subspecies of Military Macaw, A. m. mexicana is the largest.
Its native range is from Mexico southward through the Americas to northern
Argentina - the populationsare disjointed and limited to higher elevations.
