Watch hundreds of macaws and parrots gather at dawn to eat mineral-rich clay at the Tambopata clay licks, deep in the Peruvian Amazon, the world's greatest parrot spectacle. Rainforest lodges reached by boat from Puerto Maldonado run early visits to blinds facing the clay wall. The dry season from May to November gives the most reliable gatherings, peaking around August.
Ara spp., Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus, Amazona spp., Alisterus scapularis, Platycercus elegans
Fauneya maps 19 Parrot spots worldwide, with monthly sighting probabilities and practical info for each location. Featuring Tambopata (Colpa Chuncho macaw clay lick), Peru, Red Bank, Belize, Tikal National Park, Peten, Guatemala, Southern Pantanal, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, Manu (Blanquillo macaw clay lick), Peru.
