Saturday, November 29, 2014

Mysore Zoo - Blue-and-gold Macaw

Mysore Zoo is the most popular zoo at Mysore in India. There are various wild animals and birds at the zoo. One among them is Blue-and-gold Macaw.



It is a large South American parrot with blue top parts and yellow under parts. These birds grow 76 to 86 cm. They have blue wings and tail, dark blue chin, golden under parts, and a green forehead. Beaks are black on the white face. It inhabits forests and woodland of tropical South America.

29 comments:

  1. These are lovely birds. Have a lovely weekend.

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  2. It's a beautiful parrot/macaw - so very colourful.

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  3. Beautiful image Rajesh.

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  4. Your bird is beautiful.

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  5. they are beautiful parrots!

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  6. Pretty bird and beautiful colors!


    Happy Weekend to you,
    artmusedog and carol
    http://www.acreativeharbor.com

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  7. always amazed by these parrots ... such gorgeous coloring. ( :

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  8. They are pretty cool birds. I remember some from my pet shop days.
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  9. ·.✿✿ミ
    Chamamos essas aves de "araras" são muito comuns no Pantanal e na Floresta Amazônica.
    São lindas e muito barulhentas.

    Boa semana!
    Beijinhos do Brasil。♫° ·.
    ✿⊱

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  10. This is such a large and beautiful parrot!

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  11. Such a brilliantly colorful bird!

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  12. These guys are stinkers:) My family has one of these parrots and they are LOUD! Glad you were able to enjoy:)

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  13. Beautiful bird! Our neighbor has macaws and yes indeed they are screamers!

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  14. So colorful and beautiful!

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  15. Anonymous04:57

    Beautiful capture!

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  16. Splendid image of these really beautiful birds!

    Thank you for sharing!

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  17. It's a lovely bird to see... lovely colours.

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  18. Lovely colourful bird.

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  19. He's great! I love seeing him stretch out one of his wings!

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  20. Flaunting its beauty!

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  21. Mysore Zoo is fascinating...I just wish they could better it and make it more tourist friendly. I love the sight of giraffes as soon as you enter it.

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  22. Nice Blue-and-gold Macaw.

    Cheers,
    Sriram & Krithiga

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  23. A rare bird here.And 76 cms is quite long!

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