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Small macaw; still a demanding parrot companion.
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Enclosure size
Needs a large dedicated enclosure or dedicated room space (space demand 65/100).
Habitat setup
Needs a purpose-built habitat with substrate, hides and furnishings prepared before arrival (habitat complexity 60/100).
Group housing
Should not be kept alone; plan for appropriate same-species company (social group need 80/100).
Secure containment
Needs escape-proof containment and a secured room for any time outside the enclosure (escape risk 75/100).
Specialist vet
Requires access to a veterinarian who treats this group before you acquire the animal (specialist vet dependency 90/100).
Flight space
Needs daily out-of-cage flight or foraging enrichment, not cage time alone (enrichment need 90/100).
What this animal needs from you
Scores are normalised 0–100 for comparison across very different animals. They are product-normalisation values with a stated confidence, revisable through expert review.