Tag: Macaws

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, here, here, and here). But there is yet another macaw species that is so rare that it was thought...

Ifyou’re like me, you’ve been eagerly anticipating the release of captive-bred Spix’s little blue macaws, Cyanopsitta spixii, back into their ancestral home in Brazil. These parrots are amongst the very rarest birds in the world, with a captive population that hovers around 25...