Over time, these brightly colored parrots have become collective mascots of Caracas
For a momentary respite from the confinement of the COVID pandemic, Elinor Zamora went up to the roof of her building to breathe in the outside air. There, in 2020, she encountered a surprising sight: She watched dozens of huge, colorful macaws gather just before sunset, drawn by a neighbor who was feeding them. Mesmerized by the majesty of the birds, Zamora was moved by the scene. Like the birds, she also began a daily pilgrimage to the roof to bask in their splendor.on the roof,” she says.
This includes four macaw species, all native to Venezuela. The maracana , mostly green, is the smallest and the only one from this central region. The flag macaw —its yellow, blue, and red coloration reminiscent of the national tricolor flag—is originally from the plains and the Amazon region. The red-and-green macaw maintains small populations in the country’s east and west.
When people talk about the macaws in Caracas, they often mention Vittorio Poggi, an Italian immigrant who once rescued an injured blue-and-yellow macaw. Though Poggi didn’t keep the bird captive, it followed him as he rode his motorcycle through the streets of the capital. Poggi became known as the “macaw boy.”
Memories and mementos fill a board in Vittorio Poggi’s home in Venezuela. Vittorio, an Italian immigrant from Genoa became a caretaker of macaws one day when one of the parrots clumsily came in through his window.Vittorio Poggi and Pancho the macaw at his home. In his youth, Poggi became known as the person who talked to the macaws. Over the years people started bringing him parrots they no longer wanted.
Little is known about how urban living effects the birds. But Gonzalez explains that some changes are visible in the macaws themselves. “They are breeding with close relatives, and this is making more common mutations that are very rare,” she says.
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