A headdress of macaw feathers adorns the skull of a sacrificed ... a hamlet on the north coast of Peru. The throb of dance music, drifting up from seaside cafés a few hundred yards to the west ...

It is typically seen soaring in the Andean mountains across Argentina, Chile, Peru, and Bolivia, nesting on rocky cliffs at high altitudes Famous for its rare blue feathers, Spix's macaw ...