I live in Vancouver, Canada. I mail ordered my Scarlet Macaw from Montreal, Quebec to Vacouver, BC. My macaw shipped by plane (5 hours flight - quite long for the bird), when he came to my home, he was only 3 months old. I bought from breeder (is cheap when you buy from breeder- $2300 (Cdn dollar) + shipping charge $300.
And my African Grey (bought from pet shop- is expensive $ 2200 (Cdn $)
I think if buy Grey in HK maybe cheaper, isn't it?
I went to HK last year, I saw a Green Wing Macaw in Bird Street (ªñ¤Ó¤l ³oÃä), I asked the seller, he said sell for (over $20,000), is that right?
Scarlet Macaw is also very rare in Canada, that is too expensive in HK (70,000 HKD), is crazy.
Scarlet Macaw is a very active bird, he like to play all the time, never stop, I think green wing macaw is more quite than Scarlet.
I bought my macaw over 3 years ago, as I knew the breeder stop their business since 2008, I am very sorry to tell you that. You can tell your wife's family to go to this link http://vancouver.kijiji.ca/f-pets-birds-for-sale-W0QQCatIdZ135, this is a free classifieds for everyone in Canada, I bought my bird from one of the ad. list over there.