Red-and-green Macaw, Isla Bastimentos, Panama

Hotel Maccabite, Isla Bastimentos, Bocas del Toro Province, Panama (September 2016)
This bird was spotted on a stop for lunch during a boat trip out of Bocas del Toro on the way to Cayo Zapatilla. Probably an escapee as Red-and-green Macaw is normally a bird of South America though its range does extend across the Colombian border into eastern Panama.
Status is Least Concern. For more information on this bird species see the following links:
Red-and-green Macaw Ara chloropterus / Internet Bird Collection
BirdLife International / Red-and-green Macaw Ara chloropterus
Neotropical Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology/ Red-and-green Macaw Ara chloropterus
Shooting Time 11:20
Tv(Shutter Speed) 1/2500
Av(Aperture Value) 4.0
Exposure Compensation +1
ISO Speed 500
Latitude 09 14 53.8 N
Longitude 82 08 21.0 W
Altitude 13.60m
This bird was spotted on a stop for lunch during a boat trip out of Bocas del Toro on the way to Cayo Zapatilla. Probably an escapee as Red-and-green Macaw is normally a bird of South America though its range does extend across the Colombian border into eastern Panama.
Status is Least Concern. For more information on this bird species see the following links:
Red-and-green Macaw Ara chloropterus / Internet Bird Collection
BirdLife International / Red-and-green Macaw Ara chloropterus
Neotropical Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology/ Red-and-green Macaw Ara chloropterus
Shooting Time 11:20
Tv(Shutter Speed) 1/2500
Av(Aperture Value) 4.0
Exposure Compensation +1
ISO Speed 500
Latitude 09 14 53.8 N
Longitude 82 08 21.0 W
Altitude 13.60m
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