Sexes are alike the only difference between ages is that young birds have dark eyes, and adults have light yellow eyes. The upper mandible is mostly pale horn in color and the lower is black. Tiny white feathers are contained on the face patch. There is bare white skin around the eye and from there to the bill. Three subspecies present varying widths in their yellow wing band. Some individuals may have green in the wings. The plumage is mostly scarlet, but the rump and tail-covert feathers are light blue, the greater upper-wing coverts are yellow, the upper sides of the flight feathers of the wings are dark blue as are the ends of the tail feathers, and the undersides of the wing and tail flight feathers are dark red with metallic gold iridescence. The average weight is about 1 kilogram (2.2 lb). T is about 81 centimeters (32 in) long, of which more than half is the pointed, graduated tail typical of all macaws.
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