Peer Review Comments for the Proposed Rule to List the Scarlet Macaw

Peer review documents associated with the revised proposed rule and notice to reopen the public comment period that published in the Federal Register on April 7, 2016 (81 FR 20302).

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The scarlet macaw is found throughout Central and South America, with an estimated range of approximately 2,586,885 square miles (m\2\) (6,700,000 square kilometers (km\2\)). The species prefers humid lowland evergreen forests and gallery woodland savannas, primarily near exposed river banks and...

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Endangered and/or Threatened species