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- Blue Macaws
We have comprehensive information on and images of the Hyacinthine Macaw ( A hyacinthinus), the Lear’s Macaw (A leari) and Glaucous Macaw (A glaucus) as well as the extremely rare Spix’s Macaw (Cyanopsitta spixii)
- The Spix Macaw (Cyanopsittacus spixi) - Blue Macaws
This lovely little Macaw, the smallest and perhaps the rarest of the Blue Macaws, is a native of eastern Brazil, chiefly in the Province of Bahia It was discovered by Dr J B Spix near Joazeiro on the Rio San Francisco, Bahia, during his trip in Brazil, 1817-20
- Spixs Macaw Project Update - Blue Macaws
So far this year a total of eight Spix’s macaws have been transferred internationally as part of on-going efforts to improve the reproductive success of this critically endangered species
- The Lears Macaw. A booklet with essential information . . . - Blue Macaws
The number of blue macaws has declined during this century, due mainly to illegal trapping to supply the exotic bird market and destruction of habitat (deforestation) The purpose of this publication is to draw attention, specifically, to the plight of the Lear's Macaw
- Spixs Macaw -Cyanopsitta spixii. What do we know today . . . - Blue Macaws
Because of its general blue colouring many experts regard the Spix's Macaw as being closer to the macaws of the Anodorhynchus group (Hyacinthine, Glaucous and Lear's Macaws) or as a link between this group and the remaining macaw species
- The habitat and status of Spixs Macaw Cyanopsitta spixii - Blue Macaws
The habitat of Spix's Macaw The evidence gathered revealed the (former) presence of wild Spix's Macaws only in remnant patches of T caraiba woodlands Our observations over a one week period of July 1990 consistently found the single remaining wild bird in the vicinity· of the Melância creek whereT caraiba specimens grew The dead crowns
- Up-to-date information on the Spix Macaw - Blue Macaws
THE SPIX MACAW IN NATURE There are animals that are rare because their habitat was destroyed, those whose geographical distribution is restricted There are others, however, that are rare in themselves, or, as the saying goes, because "that's the way God made them" This latter is the case of the Spix Macaw
- About the blue macaws, especially the Lears Macaw
The Hyacinthine Macaw is the well known very large cobalt blue species, the biggest of all macaws, the biggest parrot in the world It weighs 1 5 kg It lives in Central Brazil, up to southern Amazonia, formerly even on the north bank of the Amazon
- On the brink again: the critical role of annual releases in saving Spix . . .
The survival of the wild Spix’s Macaw population hinges on the annual release of captive-bred birds Delays in these releases jeopardise the entire reintroduction effort and push the species back towards extinction The optimal scenario involves releasing 20 birds per year, but even releasing 10 birds annually would support
- Breeding Lears Macaw (Anodorhynchus leari) at the Busch . . . - Blue Macaws
Breeding Lear's Macaw is a most notable achievement as this species is the rarest and most endangered of all parrots It has often been described as one of the greatest mysteries in South American ornithology for, until 1978, all that was known about it was that it came from Brazil
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