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macaws

  • plural
    of macaw.
    macaw
    noun
    any of various large, long-tailed parrots of tropical and subtropical America, noted for their brilliant plumage and distinctive light-colored facial patches: of the six macaw genera, Ara includes the most familiar and greatest number of species, while Cyanopsitta has just one species, C. spixii Spix's macaw, a small, blue macaw, now classified as possibly extinct in the wild.

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Parrots and macaws that had outlived their owners squawked in a giant aviary.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 2026

This region shelters not only migratory songbirds but also jaguars, tapirs, and scarlet macaws.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 22, 2025

This includes providing care for lions, tigers, gibbons, macaws, chimpanzees, parrots, goats, sheep, rabbits and reptiles, among other creatures.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 4, 2025

Here, dolphins can be spotted popping out of the river and blue macaws fly overhead.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2024

With that precaution they tried to postpone the necessity of having to eat macaws, whose blue flesh had a harsh and musky taste.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

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