Tag: Parrot

Astudy that I previously shared with you indicated that Indigenous people started breeding parrots in captivity more than 1000 years ago (more here). That study found evidence that macaws lived in Chaco Canyon in New Mexico — far north of the species’ historical Neotropical ranges i...

Ancient parrot bones are relatively common finds in archaeological sites in the American Southwest. Many have been identified as coming from scarlet macaws, Ara macao, whose geographic distribution today includes tropical rainforests and savannahs in the southern portions of Mexico and througho...

Astudy that I previously shared with you indicated that Indigenous people started breeding parrots in captivity more than 1000 years ago (more here). That study found evidence that macaws lived in Chaco Canyon in New Mexico — far north of the species’ historical Neotropical ranges i...