Yellow-winged Macaw, also known as Macaw body or wing covert feather

A brilliantly colored contour feather featuring vivid pigments of red, yellow, black, and blue. Macaws are large, highly intelligent neotropical parrots known for their spectacular multi-colored plumage, powerful curved bills, and loud, raucous calls.

Vibrant tricolor pattern featuring a bold section of deep black, a bright brilliant red vane, and a striking flash of turquoise-blue and yellow near the base

Pennaceous at the upper vane with tightly interlocked barbicels, transitioning to plumulaceous downy barbs at the base

Smooth, glossy, and firm along the pennaceous vanes with a soft, fluffy downy base

Sharp blocks of distinct primary colors (red, black, yellow, blue) on a single symmetrical contour feather with a robust white rachis

Humid lowland tropical evergreen forests, woodland edges, and river borders

Central and South America, ranging from southeastern Mexico through Amazonian Peru, Bolivia, and Brazil

Important seed predators and dispersers in tropical rainforest ecosystems, helping shape forest regeneration

Other large macaw species such as the Scarlet Macaw or Blue-and-Yellow Macaw, distinguished by exact color distributions

Macaws can live for over 50 to 80 years in captivity and form lifelong monogamous pair bonds

Good condition, clean vane with intact barbs and a slightly frayed tip