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An artwork made as a submission for this , depicting some of the wildlife from the Beni savanna in Bolivia, South America. The blue-throated macaw (Ara glaucogularis, previously Ara canindae) is a critically endangered parrot species found only in this location. Also known as Wagler’s macaw, it is a large bird growing 85 centimetres long (including the tail feathers) with a wingspan of 90 centimetres, with males generally being larger than females. Unlike other macaws that prefer a rainforest habitat, the blue-throated macaw lives on the open South American plains and nests on the few palm trees that dot the barren landscape. And also unlike other macaws it feeds very rarely on nuts and seeds, instead preferring fruit (mostly of palm trees), because this is the species of macaw that decided to do different things in an attempt to get attention (but more likely to take up a different ecological niche). But being a tree-relying animal in a habitat with few trees to begin with (and what trees left being cut down), plus having to compete with other birds and bats for the limited nesting spaces, the macaw is not surprisingly critically endangered and now numbers several hundred wild individuals. Plus this bird is one of several species that gets killed for its feathers to make those indigenous tribe headdresses. More than 1000 of these birds are known as zoo specimens and many are part of breeding programs hoping to reboost the population.

And behind the parrots in this picture on another branch is a pair of Rio Beni titis (Plecturocebus modestus), a New World monkey of the subfamily Callicebinae, commonly called the titi monkeys (how unfortunate of them to have a common name pronounced like a slang term for the mammary gland). The Rio Beni titi is an endangered species and also endemic to the Beni savannah but a whole lot less is known about it. Like, every google result for it shows barely any information other than its classification, but titis in general and arboreal diurnal primates that live in family groups and are omnivorous (but primarily herbivorous).

Background is just some google image I found of the Beni savannah, my art skills are nowhere near good enough to draw that.

Description
An artwork made as a submission for this , depicting some of the wildlife from the Beni savanna in Bolivia, South America. The blue-throated macaw (Ara glaucogularis, previously Ara canindae) is a critically endangered parrot species found only in this location. Also known as Wagler’s macaw, it is a large bird growing 85 centimetres long (including the tail feathers) with a wingspan of 90 centimetres, with males generally being larger than females. Unlike other macaws that prefer a rainforest habitat, the blue-throated macaw lives on the open South American plains and nests on the few palm trees that dot the barren landscape. And also unlike other macaws it feeds very rarely on nuts and seeds, instead preferring fruit (mostly of palm trees), because this is the species of macaw that decided to do different things in an attempt to get attention (but more likely to take up a different ecological niche). But being a tree-relying animal in a habitat with few trees to begin with (and what trees left being cut down), plus having to compete with other birds and bats for the limited nesting spaces, the macaw is not surprisingly critically endangered and now numbers several hundred wild individuals. Plus this bird is one of several species that gets killed for its feathers to make those indigenous tribe headdresses. More than 1000 of these birds are known as zoo specimens and many are part of breeding programs hoping to reboost the population.

And behind the parrots in this picture on another branch is a pair of Rio Beni titis (Plecturocebus modestus), a New World monkey of the subfamily Callicebinae, commonly called the titi monkeys (how unfortunate of them to have a common name pronounced like a slang term for the mammary gland). The Rio Beni titi is an endangered species and also endemic to the Beni savannah but a whole lot less is known about it. Like, every google result for it shows barely any information other than its classification, but titis in general and arboreal diurnal primates that live in family groups and are omnivorous (but primarily herbivorous).

Background is just some google image I found of the Beni savannah, my art skills are nowhere near good enough to draw that.