in South America live a beautifully bird, macaw, and it is the most admired parrot from centuries. the first macaw was brought by Christopher Columbus and it attracted more attention than the other treasures he brought with him.
there are eighteen species, but two of these become extinct in the last hundred and fifty years.
peoples admired them because of their size, beauty, intelligence and mimic speech. the Hyacinth is the largest of the macaws
