Wild Blue-Throated Macaws Slowly Returning From The Brink Of Extinction
<p>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, <em>Ara glaucogularis</em>. Also known as the Caninde macaw, Wagler’s macaw — or locally as <em>barba azul</em>, 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>).</p>
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