Preparing captive macaws to survive in the wild begins when the birds are young, about the time that they begin to get curious about the world outside the nest.

Declared extinct in the wild in 2000, Spix's macaws (Cyanopsitta spixii) are now at the forefront of a conservation ...

Despite robust breeding programs worldwide, many parrots are still plucked illegally from the wild. One reason: Organized-crime rackets that have made billions of dollars trafficking animals such ...

GZRRC and ACTP have partnered to reintroduce Spix’s Macaws to the wild, with 41 birds transferred to Brazil, marking a ...

Blue-throated macaws are a critically endangered parrot species endemic to Bolivia. The remaining population in the wild counts less than 350 mature individuals. Loro Parque Fundación has been ...

The journey of restoring the Spix macaw Cyanopsitta spixii a species declared extinct in the wild in 2000 has taken a major ...

Declared extinct in the wild in 2000, the Spix’s macaw (Cyanopsitta spixii) is now at the center of a pathbreaking effort to ...

This was followed by the transport of 52 macaws from Germany and Belgium in 2020, and in 2022, the first successful wild release resulted in the birth of seven wild chicks—a historic achievement ...

Jamnagar (Gujarat), 30th January 2025: Declared extinct in the wild in 2000, Spix's macaws (Cyanopsitta spixii) are now at the heart of a historic initiative to reintroduce them to their native ...