golden-collared macaw, yellow-collared macaw (Primolius auricollis) Primolius auricollis
English: Two Golden-collared Macaws (also known as Yellow-collared Macaws) at Pana'ewa Rainforest Zoo, Hawaii, USA.
Date 2 January 2010, 14:17
Source Pana'ewa Rainforest Zoo--Hahn's Macaws 8
Author Pat McGrath http://www.flickr.com/people/8952189@N05 from Lihue, U.S.A.
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Primolius_auricollis_-Panaewa_Rainforest_Zoo,_Hawaii,_USA_-two-8a.jpg
The golden-collared macaw or yellow-collared macaw (Primolius auricollis) is a small mostly green Central South American parrot, a member of a large group of Neotropical parrots known as macaws. It has a bright yellow patch on the back of its neck/upper shoulders that gives the species its name. In aviculture, it is one of a number of smaller macaws often called "mini-macaws".
Order: Psittaciformes
Family: Psittacidae
Genus: Primolius
Species: Primolius auricollis (Cassin, 1853)
Synonyms: Propyrrhura auricollis