Wild Blue-Throated Macaws Slowly Returning From The Brink Of Extinction

I’ve recently shared several stories about Critically Endangered macaw species and the intensive conservation efforts underway to restore their populations in the wild (for example, <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2022/08/23/first-lears-indigo-macaw-hatched-in-the-wild-by-captive-bred-parents/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>, <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2022/07/28/spixs-little-blue-macaws-fly-free-again-after-decades-in-cages/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>, and <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2022/06/15/spixs-little-blue-macaws-are-returning-to-the-wild-in-brazil/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>). But there is yet another macaw species that is so rare that it was thought to be Extinct-In-The-Wild until a population of 50 individuals was discovered in Bolivia in 1992. This vanishingly rare parrot is the blue-throated macaw, Ara glaucogularis. Also known as the Caninde macaw, Wagler’s macaw — or locally as barba azul, or ‘blue beard’ in Spanish — this parrot appears to be slowly making a comeback from the brink of extinction, according to a recent report by <a href="https://armoniabolivia.org/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Asociación Armonía</a>, which is <a href="https://www.rainforesttrust.org/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">The Rainforest Trust</a>’s partner in Bolivia (<a href="https://www.rainforesttrust.org/app/uploads/2022/08/Press-Release-Blue-throated-Macaws-in-Bolivia-Aug-31-2022.pdf" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">ref</a>). <a href="https://medium.com/gardening-birding-and-outdoor-adventure/wild-blue-throated-macaws-slowly-returning-from-the-brink-of-extinction-428bc49b68ae">Learn More</a>