Name:
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Cherane Pefley
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Business:
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Heavenly Aviary
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Phone:
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772-234-4486
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Email:
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cherane@aol.com
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Date Received:
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6/28/2005
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Label#
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Species
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BirdID
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Sex
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1
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Blue-throated Macaw
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' 6-24-2005
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'Female
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look closely to the right..the white is a drill hole through the plexiglass
and behind this you can see the baby. Look at that muscle on her head.
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CLASSIFICATION
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COMMON NAME:
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blue-throated macaw, Caninde macaw (though this common name is associated with an inappropriate species classification - see 'GENUS SPECIES' below)
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KINGDOM:
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Animalia
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PHYLUM:
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Chordata
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CLASS:
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Aves
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ORDER:
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Psittaciformes
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FAMILY:
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Psittacidae (true parrots)
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GENUS SPECIES:
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Ara (macaw) glaucogularis [Some sources cite caninde, though this is likely an inappropriate translation of Felix de Azara's 1802-1805 species account. 'Caninde' references a specific Tupi-Guarani name for the blue & gold macaw, Ara ararauna. Azara's description likely references A. ararauna.
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Two months of diet and flying exercise. Lipomas and cists are not to be found on the male's body. Together taking off to fly back to their nest box. 
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