Editing Lear's macaw (section)

{{Short description|Species of bird in Brazil}}
{{Speciesbox
 | name                = Lear's macaw
 | image               = Anodorhynchus leari -Rio de Janeiro Zoo, Brazil-8a.jpg
 | image_caption       =
 | status              = EN
 | status_system       = IUCN3.1
 | status_ref          = <ref name=IUCN2020>{{cite iucn|url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22685521/176030480 |title=''Anodorhynchus leari'' |author=BirdLife International |author-link=BirdLife International |year=2020 |access-date=9 October 2021}}</ref>
| status2 = CITES_A1
 | status2_system = CITES
 | status2_ref = <ref>{{Cite web|title=Appendices {{!}} CITES|url=https://cites.org/eng/app/appendices.php|access-date=2022-01-14|website=cites.org}}</ref>
 | genus               = Anodorhynchus
 | species             = leari
 | authority           = [[Charles Lucien Bonaparte|Bonaparte]], 1856
 | range_map = Anodorhynchus leari map.svg
}}

'''Lear's macaw''' ('''''Anodorhynchus leari'''''), also known as the '''indigo macaw''', is a large all-blue [[Brazil]]ian [[parrot]], a member of a large group of neotropical parrots known as macaws. It was first described by [[Charles Lucien Bonaparte]] in 1856. Lear's macaw is {{convert|70|-|75|cm|in|frac=2|abbr=on}} long and weighs around {{convert|950|g|lboz|abbr=on}}. It is coloured almost completely blue, with a yellow patch of skin at the base of the heavy, black bill.

Although there are records of the macaw from Britain from the early 1830s, this bird was only generally recognised as an independent species in the late 1970s. It is rare with a highly restricted native range, which was only discovered in 1978, although intensive [[Wildlife conservation|conservation]] efforts have increased the world population about thirtyfold in the first two decades of the 21st century. It inhabits a dry desert-like shrubby environment known as ''[[caatinga]]'', and roosts and nests in cavities in [[sandstone]] cliffs. It mostly feeds on the nuts of the palm species ''[[Syagrus coronata]]'', as well as raiding [[maize]] from local farmers. Its [[ecology]] also appears curiously linked to [[cattle ranch]]ing.