Wikipedia:Valued picture candidates/Blue-and-yellow Macaw

 
Original - The Blue-and-yellow Macaw is a member of the group of large Neotropical parrots known as macaws. It breeds in forest of tropical South America from Trinidad and Venezuela south to Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, and Paraguay.
Reason
Very nice image of bird in the wild. Educational and possibly rarely captured flying position. Some sharpness issues would prevenet it become FP, but is fully satisfactory for illustrating the article in a very compelling way.
Articles this image appears in
Blue-and-yellow Macaw
Creator
Luc Viatour

Promoted File:Ara ararauna Luc Viatour.jpg --Bradjamesbrown (talk) 06:22, 22 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]