Volpe, Noelia L; Thalinger, Bettina; Vilacoba, Elisabet; Braukmann, Thomas W A; Di Giacomo, Adrián S; Berkunsky, Igor; Lijtmaer, Darío A; Steinke, Dirk; Kopuchian, Cecilia (2022-01-19). "Diet composition of reintroduced Red-and-Green Macaws reflects gradual adaptation to life in the wild". Ornithological Applications. 124 (1). doi:10.1093/ornithapp/duab059. ISSN0010-5422. Retrieved 2025-02-12.: "Although the consumption of insects has been reported for a number of smaller parrot species (Collar 1997), their use by macaws is rare and never forms a major component of their diet (Renton 2006). We did not observe any event of direct insect consumption [by red-and-green macaws] nor did we detect insect remains in the processed fecal samples."
Volpe, Noelia L; Thalinger, Bettina; Vilacoba, Elisabet; Braukmann, Thomas W A; Di Giacomo, Adrián S; Berkunsky, Igor; Lijtmaer, Darío A; Steinke, Dirk; Kopuchian, Cecilia (2022-01-19). "Diet composition of reintroduced Red-and-Green Macaws reflects gradual adaptation to life in the wild". Ornithological Applications. 124 (1). doi:10.1093/ornithapp/duab059. ISSN0010-5422. Retrieved 2025-02-12.: "Although the consumption of insects has been reported for a number of smaller parrot species (Collar 1997), their use by macaws is rare and never forms a major component of their diet (Renton 2006). We did not observe any event of direct insect consumption [by red-and-green macaws] nor did we detect insect remains in the processed fecal samples."
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Volpe, Noelia L; Thalinger, Bettina; Vilacoba, Elisabet; Braukmann, Thomas W A; Di Giacomo, Adrián S; Berkunsky, Igor; Lijtmaer, Darío A; Steinke, Dirk; Kopuchian, Cecilia (2022-01-19). "Diet composition of reintroduced Red-and-Green Macaws reflects gradual adaptation to life in the wild". Ornithological Applications. 124 (1). doi:10.1093/ornithapp/duab059. ISSN0010-5422. Retrieved 2025-02-12.: "Although the consumption of insects has been reported for a number of smaller parrot species (Collar 1997), their use by macaws is rare and never forms a major component of their diet (Renton 2006). We did not observe any event of direct insect consumption [by red-and-green macaws] nor did we detect insect remains in the processed fecal samples."
