Index of articles by author/illustrator

  Please note: All articles not published in English have been translated by the website editor.                                            

ALLEN Gloria, Hyacinthine Macaws - Their care and breeding today  A presentation at the IAS Convention, Fort Myers, Florida in January 1997

AL-WABRA WILDLIFE CONSERVATION,  "Spix’s macaw Cyanopsitta spixii transfer." A press release by       Al-Wabra Wildlife Conservation in October 2005

AL-WABRA WILDLIFE CONSERVATION, The Spix's Macaw fact file - published November 2007. 

ARNDT Thomas et al., A few strokes before midnight for the Spix's Macaw Cyanopsitta spixii. Published in             Gefiederte Welt (Issue 12/86)

ARNDT Thomas,  The Lear's Macaw - A new parrot drama?. Published in WP-magazine, Germany Issue 4/95 (October/November/December)

ARNDT Thomas,  The Pantanal A travel report published in WP Magazine (January/February 1998 issue, P. 16-21)

ASTLEY, the Rev. Hubert.D An article on the Lear's Macaw  in the  Avicultural Magazine, the  Journal of the Avicultural Society published in February 1907 (Vol. V, No. 4, Pages 111-113)

AVICULTURAL SOCIETY, Excerpts from articles and letters in the Avicultural Magazine, the journal of the Avicultural Society, from 1897 to 1902 referring to the Spix's Macaw in captivity.

AVICULTURAL SOCIETY, Extract with a reference to a Spix’s Macaw  from report on Paignton and District Fanciers' show in the  Avicultural Magazine, the magazine of the Avicultural Society published in January 1926.    Fourth Series, Vol IV, No. 1

AVICULTURAL SOCIETY, Short extract with a reference to a Hyacinthine and Lear’s Macaw from a report on the Crystal Palace show in the Avicultural Magazine, the magazine of the Avicultural Society published in March 1926 (Fourth Series, Vol IV, No 3)

AZARA Felix d’ Entry on the Glaucous Macaw or Del azul in Apuntamientos para la historia natural de los Páxaros (Vol.2) published in Madrid (1802).

AZARA Felix d’,  Description of the Glaucous Macaw in Voyages dans l'Amerique Méridionale (depuis 1781 jusqu'à 1801) with added notes by Baron Georges CUVIER published in 1809

AMUCHÁSTEGUI Axel,  Entry on Hyacinthine Macaw in Studies of Birds and Mammals of South America     (Page 20) with descriptive text by Helmut SICK published in 1967.

BAMPI Dr. Ma. Iolita and DA-RÉ Marcos, RECOVERY PROGRAMME FQR THE SPIX'S MACAW (Cyanopsitta spixii), Conservation in the wild and Reintroduction Programme. A presentation at the International Loro Parque Parrot Convention, Teneriffe, 14 -17 September, 1994.

BATES Henry Walter, Excerpts referring to the Hyacinthine Macaw and its feeding habits from The Naturalist on the Amazons published in 1863.

BEDFORD, The Duke of,  Entry on the Glaucous Macaw in Parrots and Parrot-like Birds published c. 1954. 

BEDFORD, The Duke of,  Entry on the Lear's Macaw in Parrots and Parrot-like Birds published c. 1954.

BEDFORD, The Duke of,  Entry on the Hyacinthine Macaw in Parrots and Parrot-like Birds published c.1954.

BELLOS Alex, Out on a limb. A report on a visit to the Spix' Macaw project Published in the Guardian on Friday, 17th December 1999.

BENNETT E.T,  Entry on the Deep Blue Macaw or Anodorhyncus (sic) Maximiliani in The Tower Menagerie. Published in 1829.

BENNETT E.T, Entry on the Hyacinthine Macaw or Macrocercus hyacinthinus in " The Gardens and Menagerie of the Zoological Society Delineated Vol. II (Birds) published in London in 1831 with the sanction of the Council under the superintendence of the Secretary and Vice-Secretary of the Society" followed by an exchange of correspondence - in part acrimonious - between William Swainson and E.T.Bennett in The Magazine of Natural History on this entry in the same year

BERTONATTI Claudio, Los últimos días del guacamayo azul. Published in Vida Silvestre, the magazine of the Fundación Vida Silvestre Argentina. July/August 2001, Issue Nº 78, pages 44-50

BISH Ed Breeding Lear's Macaw (Anodorhynchus leari) at the Busch Gardens (Tampa, Florida)  Published in the Avicultural Magazine 1985 (Conservation Special Double Issue (Vol. 91, pages 30-31). 

BONAPARTE Prince Charles Lucien,  Original description of Lear's Macaw (Anodorhynchus leari) in the Iconographie des Perroquets (1857-8).

BOOSEY Edward J,  Entry on the Hyacinthine Macaw in Parrots, Cockatoos and Macaws (Page 146) published in 1956.

BOOSEY Edward J,  Entry on the Glaucous Macaw in Parrots, Cockatoos and Macaws (Page 145) published in 1956.

BOOSEY Edward J,  Entry on the Lear's Macaw in Parrots, Cockatoos and Macaws (Page 148) published in 1956.

BOOSEY Edward J, Entry on the Spix's Macaw in Parrots, Cockatoos and Macaws (Page 157) published in 1956.

BOURJOT SAINT-HILAIRE Alexandre, Entry on the Hyacinthine Macaw or La Perruche-Ara Bleu-cobalt in Histoire Naturelle des Perroquets published in Paris (1837-8)

BOURJOT SAINT-HILAIRE Alexandre, Entry on the Glaucous Macaw or La Perruche-Ara Glauque in Histoire Naturelle des Perroquets. Published in Paris (1837-8).

BREHM Christian Ludwig, Entries on blue macaws in the Monographie der Papageien oder vollständige Naturgeschichte aller bis jetzt bekannten Papageien mit getreuen und ausgemalten Abbildungen. Published in Jena and Paris in parts from 1842 to 1855 with 70 hand-coloured engravings.

BUENO Miguel, News on the Spix's Macaws at Loro Parque, Published on the Blue Macaws website on 23rd May, 2000

BUTLER Arthur G, Entry on the Hyacinthine Macaw in Foreign Birds for Cage and Aviary (Part II) published in London in 1909.

BUTLER Arthur G, Entry on the Glaucous Macaw in Foreign Birds for Cage and Aviary (Part II) published in London in 1909.

BUTLER Arthur G Entry on the Lear's Macaw in Foreign Birds for Cage and Aviary (Part II) published in London in 1909.

BUTLER Arthur G Entry on the Spix's Macaw in Foreign Birds for Cage and Aviary (Part II) published in London in 1909.

CHALMERS MITCHELL Dr. P,  Extract from presentation on Longevity and Relative Viability in Mammals and Birds reported in The Proceedings of the Scientific Meetings of the Zoological Society of London for the year 1911(Page 495).

CHEBEZ Juan Carlos, Los que se van. Especies argentinas en peligro, Guacamayo violáceo o azul. Published as part of a series in 1994 by Editorial Albatros, Buenos Aires, Argentina (Pages 43-47)

CLARK William Donald, Hyacinth Macaws: nesting habits in the wild . Published in aFa Watchbird (June/July 1991).

CLUBB Susan, Aging in Macaws, D.V.M. Published in the ASA Avicultural Bulletin in August 1993.

COLLAR N.J et al.,  Entry on the Hyacinth Macaw in Threatened Birds of the Americas. Published at the end of 1992 by the Smithsonian Institution Press of Washington and London in cooperation with the International Council for Bird Preservation, Cambridge, U.K.

COLLAR N.J et al., Entry on the Glaucous Macaw in Threatened Birds of the Americas. Published at the end of 1992 by the Smithsonian Institution Press of Washington and London in cooperation with the International Council for Bird Preservation, Cambridge, U.K.

COLLAR N.J et al., Entry on the Lear's Macaw in Threatened Birds of the Americas . Published at the end of 1992 by the Smithsonian Institution Press of Washington and London in cooperation with the International Council for Bird Preservation, Cambridge, U.K.

COLLAR N.J et al., Entry on the Spix's Macaw in Threatened Birds of the Americas. Published at the end of 1992 by the Smithsonian Institution Press of Washington and London in cooperation with the International Council for Bird Preservation, Cambridge, U.K.

CSAKY Kashmir, Forest, Virginia,  Parent-rearing the Hyacinth Macaw. A Comparative Study published in afa Watchbird, the Journal of the American Federation of Aviculture. Vol. XXVII, Number 3, May/June 2000

CSAKY Kashmir,  The Hyacinth Macaw published in Parrots Magazine in November 2001(Issue 46) Pages 26-31.

CSAKY Kashmir,  Incubation - Hyacinth Macaw chicks Published in the May 2002 issue of Parrots, (Pages 40-44)

CYANOPSITTA, "Last chance to declare rarest bird in the world".  A report published in Cyanopsitta, the newsletter of Loro Parque in June 1996 (Issue 41, Page 7)

CYANOPSITTA,  Spix's macaw: News from the recovery project - A report in Issue 52 (March 1999) of Cyanopsitta, the newsletter of the Loro Parque Foundation.

CYANOPSITTA, 4 years after the new pairs were formed the Spix's Macaws start to breed. A report in the June/September 1999 issue (Pages 12-15) of Cyanopsitta, the newsletter of the Loro Parque Foundation, Teneriffe.

CYANOPSITTA,  The Spix's Macaw Recovery Committee will be restructured - A report in Issue 60 (March 2001) of Cyanopsitta, the newsletter of the Loro Parque Foundation

CYANOPSITTA, "Re-pairing of the Spix's macaws at Loro Parque Fundación". A report in the December 2001 (No.63, Page 19) issue of Cyanopsitta, the official newsletter of the Loro Parque Fundación

CYANOPSITTA,  "A journey to Brazil for the Spix's Macaw. A report in Cyanopsitta, the newsletter of Loro Parque Fundación. No. 72 - March 2004, Pages 18-19.

DAVIDS Angela, Hyacinth cliffs. Journey to Brazil to see those beautiful blue macaws. Published in the October 1999 issue of Bird Talk Magazine.

DESCOURTILZ Dr. Jean-Théodore, Entry on Hyacinthine Macaw in Ornithologie brésilienne ou Histoire des oiseaux du Brésil remarquables par leur plumages, leur chant ou leurs habitudes published between 1854 and 1856   in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

DUBS Dr. B Introduction to article on breeding the Hyacinthine Macaw. Observations in the Pantanal . Published in " Gefiederte Welt" (Issue 1/85 P. 7)

ECKSTROM Christine K,  A wilderness of water. The Pantanal. Published in  Audubon, the Magazine of the National Audubon Society (March/April 1996)

EDWARDS Sydenham,  Illustration of Hyacinthine Macaw by in 1812 acquired by the 13th Earl of Derby for his famous library at Knowsley

EEP STUDBOOK, Studbook report for 1993 for the EEP Hyacinthine Macaw (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus)

EEP STUDBOOK, EEP Studbook report for 1997 for the Hyacinthine Macaw (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus)

ELLISON Katherine Report on Spix's Macaw in the Miami Herald on 23rd August 1999.

FINSCH Otto, Entry on the Hyacinthine Macaw in Die Papageien, mongraphisch bearbeitet. Published 1867-8 in Leiden.

FINSCH Otto, Entry on the Glaucous Macaw in Die Papageien, mongraphisch bearbeitet. Published 1867-8 in Leiden.

FINSCH Otto, Entry on the Lear's Macaw in Die Papageien, mongraphisch bearbeitet. Published 1867-8 in Leiden.

FINSCH Otto, Entry on the Spix's Macaw in Die Papageien, mongraphisch bearbeitet. Published 1867-8 in Leiden.

GAMMOND Kate, Breeding Hyacinthine Macaws in Bahrain. A report published in Parrots Magazine in March 2005 (Issue 86, Pages 16-20)

GOTTGENS Johan F et al., The case of the Paraguay-Paraná waterway ("Hidrovia") and its impact on the Pantanal of Brazil: a summary report to the Society of Wetlands Scientists. Published in the Wetlands Bulletin, 1998, pp. 12-18.

GREENE by W.T, Entry on the Hyacinthine Macaw (Page 285) in Parrots in Captivity published in three volumes between 1884 and 1887.

GRUNEBAUM Daphne and Walter, Breeding the Hyacinthine Macaw Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus published in the Avicultural Magazine, No.1, 1984 (Vol. 90), Page 11-16.

GUEDES Neiva Maria Robaldo, Reproductive Biology of the Hyacinthine Macaw (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus) in the Pantanal-MS, Brazil Summary of Masters Thesis (without tables, graphics and images) by, October 1993

GUEDES Neiva Maria Robaldo,  The Hyacinthine Macaw Project in the Pantanal-MS, Brazil - Summary of annual report for 1995 (without tables, graphics and images).

GUEDES Neiva Maria Robaldo, The Hyacinthine Macaw Project in the Pantanal-MS, Brazil - Summary of Annual report for 1996 (without tables, graphics and images)

GUEDES Neiva Maria Robaldo et al., Density of young manduvi (Sterculia apetala), the Hyacinthine Macaw's nesting tree, under three different conditions in the Pantanal wetland, Brazil Published in Ararajuba, the journal of the Brazilian Ornithologists Society, in March 1997

GUEDES Neiva Maria Robaldo, The Hyacinthine Macaw Project in the Pantanal-MS, Brazil - Summary of annual report for 1997 and 1998 (without tables, graphics and images)

GUEDES Neiva Maria Robaldo, The Hyacinthine Macaw Project in the Pantanal-MS, Brazil - Summary of annual report from January 1999 to June 2000(without tables, graphics and images)

GUEDES Neiva Maria Robaldo, The Hyacinthine Macaw Project in the Pantanal-MS, Brazil - Summary of annual report for period October 1st to December 31st 2000 (without tables, graphics and images)

GUEDES Neiva Maria Robaldo,  Information booklet on the Projeto Arara Azul (Hyacinth Macaw Project) available to visitors to the Pousada Caiman where the project is based and other lodges in the southern Panatanal.

HAHN Carl-Wilhelm, Entry on Hyacinthine Macaw in the Ornithologischer Atlas, 1834-5

HAHN Carl-Wilhelm, Entry on Glaucous Macaw in the Ornithologischer Atlas. Published in 1840.

HAMMER, Sven, GERLACH Helga, BÜRKLE Marcellus and SCHULZ. J - Proventicular Dilatation Disease among Spix's Macaws (Cyanopsitta spixii). A presentation at the 42nd International Symposium on Diseases of Zoo and Wild Animals, May 2005, Prague, Czech Republic

HEBEL Norbert, Experiences in the keeping and breeding of Hyacinthine Macaws published in the April 2002   issue of Gefiederte Welt (Pages 114-119).

HILL Len and Emma WOOD, Excerpts from the Penguin Millionaire - The Story of Birdland published in 1976

HOHENSTEIN Karl Fr., Tool use in parrots Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus published in Gefiederte Welt, Issue 12/87.

KAWALL Nelson Article on numbers of Spix's Macaw in captivity Published in the September/October 1999 issue of Atualidades Ornitológicas.

KELLER Carlos, Executive Director of the Tropicus Breeding Center Up-to-date information on the Spix Macaw [(Cyanopsitta spixii (Wagleri)] and the environmental situation in Brazil. A presentation at Loro Parque in August 1987

KNIGHT Charles,  Entry on Corrientes Province in "Geography or first division of " The English Cyclopaedia". Published in 1866.

KNIGHT Charles,  Extract relating to the Paraná-Paraguay river system from the entry on the Argentine Confederation in "Geography or first division of " The English Cyclopaedia". Published in 1866.

KUENNE H.-J, Keeping and breeding the Hyacinthine Macaw (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus)  published in Papageien 2/90.

KUENNE H.-J,  Why do Anodorhynchus macaws have bare yellow cheeks? published in Gefiederte Welt, Issue 7/93.

KUENNE H.-J,  Is the bill of the Hyacinthine Macaw too big?  published in Gefiederte Welt, Issue 10/96 S. 336-7.

JUNIPER A.T and YAMASHITA C, The habitat and status of Spix's Macaw Cyanopsitta spixii by. Published in Bird Conservation International (1991) 1:1-9

JUNIPER A.T, The Spix's Macaw Recovery Programme - A Review  presented at the 5th International Parrot Convention held at Loro Parque, Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife, Spain from 18th to 21st September 2002 and published in the official Proceedings issued at the end of the convention. Clique aqui por la versión espagñola.

LAFIN Carmen, Successful hand-rearing of Hyacinthine Macaws (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus LATHAM,1790) published in Die Voliere, Issue 10/86.

LAMBERT Karin and Heinz,  Journey to the Raso da Catarina, Brazil. A travel report. Published in the January 2002 issue of Papageien.

LATHAM John,  Generally accepted original description of Hyacinthine Macaw (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus)    in Latin in Index ornithologicus (1790) together with the entry on page 80 of his Supplement II to the General Synopsis of Birds published in 1802 and the entry in Latham's General History of Birds published in September 1821.

LEAR Edward, Edward LEAR and his illustration of a blue macaw described by him as Macrocercus hyacinthinus or Hyacinthine macaw in his Illustrations of the family of the Psittacidae, published 1830-32, but later identified as different species by Prince Charles Lucien Bonaparte and named after the famous illustrator in the Iconographie  des Perroquets (1857-8).

LEROY DE BARDE Alexandre Isidore (1777-1828), Depiction of Hyacinthine Macaw in a painting by entitled Collection of Foreign Birds dated 1810.

LICHTENSTEIN K, Use of species name Anodorhynchus, albeit slightly differently spelt, in his Nomenclator   Avium Musei Zoologici Berolinensis published in Berlin in 1854.

LONDON ZOO, Extract from The List of Animals in the London Zoo compiled and published in 1883.

LONDON ZOO, Various reports on the Glaucous Macaw until 1900 in the Proceedings of the Scientific Meetings  of the Zoological Society of London.

LÓPEZ-LANÚS Bernabé,  Collared Forest-falcon Micrastur semitorquatus courtship and mating, with     take-over of a macaw nest. Published in Cotinga, the Journal of the Neotropical Bird Club, (Pages 9-11),      Number 14, Autumn 2000.

LOW Rosemary,  Entry on the Hyacinthine Macaw in The Parrots of South America (Page 43) published in   London in 1972.

LOW Rosemary, Entry on the Glaucous Macaw in The Parrots of South America (Page 44) published in        London in 1972.

LOW Rosemary, Entry on the Lear's Macaw in The Parrots of South America (Page 45) published in             London in 1972.

LOW Rosemary, Entry on the Spix's Macaw in The Parrots of South America (Page 45) published in              London in 1972.

LOW Rosemary, Breeding large macaws published in the Parrot Society Magazine in December 1999           (Volume XXXIII) Pages 406-11.

LUECKER Dr. Hubert, Dresden  Biology, Breeding, and Keeping of the Hyacinthine Macaw (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus) published in German and English in Zoo - Paedagogik - Unterricht (Year 3, Volume III) Kassel, Germany in 1995

LYDEKKER Richard, Entry on the Hyacinthine Macaw from The Royal Natural History (Vol. IV - pages 113-4) edited and published in 1895.

MARQUANDT Carla,  An experiment in colony breeding with Hyacinthine Macaws  published in Psittacine Aviculture (26.1-4) in 1992.

MÜLLER-BIERL Maja The " Black Macaw " of the Brazilians Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus Lath.,1790. Published in Gefiederte Welt , issue 5/93

NEDÉLNIK Jan, Brodek, Czech Republic  Hand-rearing of two Hyacinthine Macaws (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus)  German text by F. Amberger, Kotzting. Published in Gefiederte Welt, Issue 6/92

OCKENFUSS Dr. Lorenz,  Entry on Glaucous Macaw in Dr. Ockens Allgemeine Naturgeschichte für alle Stände.  5th Volume, Page 370. Published in 1835.

ORBIGNY Alcide Dessalines d',  Excerpts referring to the Glaucous Macaw from Voyages dans l'Amerique méridionale. Published in parts between 1835 and 1847.

PITTMAN A.J Close encounters with Hyacinthine Macaws. Published in Cage and Aviary Birds, UK. 28th December 1991.

PITTMAN A.J  The Glaucous Macaw - Does it still exist? (with original footnotes) published without footnotes in the Parrot Society Magazine, 1992, Vol. XXVI.

PITTMAN A.J Some recent research on the feeding habits of the Anodorhynchus Macaws. Published in the  Parrot Society Magazine, 1993, Vol. XXVII.

PITTMAN A.J  Prehistoric Cave Paintings Discovered . Published in Cage and Aviary Birds on 12th March, 1994

PITTMAN A.J  Progress with Spix's Macaw in the wild. Tony Pittman tells us what he saw on his recent visit to the Spix's Macaw project in Brazil. Published in Just Parrots (Issue August/September 1995).

PITTMAN A.J The Great Blue Macaws. Published in Just Parrots, 1995/6, Issue 7

PITTMAN A.J Man-made hatchery in Brazil. Published in Just Parrots, 1996, Issue 9

PITTMAN A.J Neiva Guedes and the Great Blue Macaws. Published in the Parrot Society Magazine, 1996, Vol. XXX

PITTMAN A.J,  Latest update on the Hyacinthine Macaw Project. Published in the Parrot Society Magazine, 1997, Vol. XXXI

PITTMAN A.J,   Conservation in Action - nest tree maintenance.  Published in Just Parrots, 1997, Issue 18

PITTMAN A.J,  Some new information on the Glaucous Macaw published in the Parrot Society Magazine, 1997, Vol. XXXI.

PITTMAN A.J The Glaucous Macaw - Dead or alive? The continuing saga published in Just Parrots, 1997/8,   Issue 19

PITTMAN A.J An unforgettable experience with Lear's Macaws at Toca Velha  Published in the Parrot Society Magazine, January 1999, Vol. XXXIII, Pages 3-7.

PITTMAN A.J The inauguration of the new base for the Projeto Arara Azul. Published in the Parrot Society Magazine, 1999, Vol. XXXIII (February)

PLATH Karl, An extract from "Mr Karl Plath's Collection" referring to a Spix’s Macaw, published in May 1930   in Aviculture, the journal of the Avicultural Society of America. (Fourth Series, Vol. VIII, No 5, Page 134)

PLATH Karl, An article entitled "The Spix Macaw"  published in Aviculture, the journal of the Avicultural Society of America, in April 1931. It includes a coloured plate by Karl Plath of the Spix's Macaw.

PLATH Karl, Extract from Birds at the New Chicago Zoological Park by Karl Plath, then Curator of Birds, referring to a Spix’s Macaw published in August 1937. (Fifth Series, Vol. II, No. 8, Page 288)

PORTER Sydney,  An extract from "Notes from South America" on a visit to Buenos Aires Zoo published in the magazine of the Avicultural Society in October 1938 (Fifth Series, Vol. III, No 10, Page 290)

REICHENOW Dr. Anton,  Entry on the Hyacinthine Macaw with illustration in Vogelbilder aus fernen Zonen published in Kassel, Germany in 1883.

REICHENOW Dr. Anton,  Entry on the Glaucous Macaw with illustration in Vogelbilder aus fernen Zonen published in Kassel, Germany in 1883.

REICHENOW Dr. Anton,  Supplementary entry on the Lear's Macaw in Vogelbilder aus fernen Zonen published in Kassel, Germany in 1883.

REICHENOW Dr. Anton,  Supplementary entry on the Spix's Macaw in Vogelbilder aus fernen Zonen published in Kassel, Germany in 1883.

REISER Othmar, Report on sighting of Spix's Macaws at Paranaguá during the expedition of the Austrian Academy of Sciences to north-eastern Brazil in 1903. Published in 1926 in Denkschriften der mathematisch-naturwissenschaftlichen Klasse, Vol. 76 under "Die Ergebnisse der Zool. Expedition der Akad. der Wissenschaften nach nordostbrasilien im Jahre 1903".

RICHARDSON Ninian,  The Lear's Macaw. A booklet with essential information and project proposals. Produced by the Committee for the Recovery and Management of the Lear's Macaw. Edited by Ninian Richardson and published in 1999 by UVPACK Editora.

RIDGELY Robert S,  Extract on Hyacinthine Macaw from the " The Current Distribution and Status of Mainland Neotropical Parrots" published in Conservation of New World Parrots (Pages 237-38), the Proceedings of the ICBP Parrot Working Group Meeting on St. Lucia in 1980.

RIDGELY Robert S.  Extract on Glaucous Macaw from the "The Current Distribution and Status of Mainland Neotropical Parrots" published in Conservation of New World Parrots (Pages 238-40), the Proceedings of the     ICBP Parrot Working Group Meeting on St. Lucia in 1980.

RIDGELY Robert S.  Extract on Lear's Macaw from the "The Current Distribution and Status of Mainland Neotropical Parrots" published in Conservation of New World Parrots (Pages 240-1), the Proceedings of the       ICBP Parrot Working Group Meeting on St. Lucia in 1980.

RIDGELY Robert S, Extract on Spix's Macaw from the "The Current Distribution and Status of Mainland Neotropical Parrots" published in Conservation of New World Parrots (Pages 241-2), the Proceedings of the       ICBP Parrot Working Group Meeting on St. Lucia in 1980.

RIDGELY Robert S, First among parrots - Hyacinth Macaws in the wild  Published in Birds International, January/March 1989, Vol. 1, No. 1.

ROTH Paul, Spix's Macaw -Cyanopsitta spixii. What do we know today about this rare bird? A report on field work carried out from 1985 to 1988 published in Papageien (Issues 3/90 and 4/90), translated from the German      by Tony Pittman for publication in Cage & Aviary Birds.

ROTHSCHILD Walter,  Entry with image on Anodorhynchus purpurascens in Extinct Birds published in London in 1907.

RUSS Dr. Karl, Entry on the Hyacinthine Macaw from The Speaking Parrots translated by Leonora Schultze and published in 1884.

RUSS Dr. Karl, Entry on the Glaucous Macaw from Die sprechenden Papageien. Published in Magdeburg in 1898. Includes monochrome illustration of macaw by Karl Neunzig in 1895.

RUSS Dr. Karl, Entry on the Hyacinthine Macaw from Die sprechenden Papageien. Published in Magdeburg in 1898.

RUSS Dr. Karl, Entry on the Lear's Macaw from Die sprechenden Papageien. Published in Magdeburg in 1898.

RUSS Dr. Karl, Entry on the Spix's Macaw from Die sprechenden Papageien. Published in Magdeburg in 1898.

SALVADORI Count Tommaso,  Entry on the Hyacinthine Macaw (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus) in the Catalogue of the Psittaci, or Parrots in the Collection of the British Museum (page 147) published in 1891.

SALVADORI Count Tommaso, Entry on the Glaucous Macaw (Anodorhynchus glaucus) in the Catalogue of the Psittaci, or Parrots in the Collection of the British Museum (page 149) published in 1891.

SALVADORI Count Tommaso, Entry on the Lear's macaw (Anodorhynchus leari) in the Catalogue of the Psittaci, or Parrots in the Collection of the British Museum (page 148) published in 1891.

SALVADORI Count Tommaso, Entry on the Spix's Macaw (Cyanopsitta spixii) in the Catalogue of the Psittaci, or Parrots in the Collection of the British Museum (page 150) published in 1891

SÁNCHEZ LABRADOR Father José, Entry on the Glaucous Macaw or guaa obi in Peces y Aves del Paraguay Natural originally written in manuscript form in 1767 and published in paperback in 1968.

SCHISCHAKIN Natasha, The Spix's Macaw Conservation Programmme. A Non-extinction Story. A report in the June/September 1999 issue (Pages 12-15) of Cyanopsitta, the newsletter of the Loro Parque Foundation, Tenerife.

SCHISCHAKIN Natasha and GALLAWAY Benny J. & BERRY Robert J,  The American Federation of Aviculture and the Ara Brasil Institute; a Partnership for the Conservation of the Spix's Macaw and Brazilian Psittacines, the American Federation of Aviculture. Published in the July/August 2000 issue of a.f.a Watchbird, the journal of the AFA.

SCHISCHAKIN Natasha, Update on the status of the last wild male Spix's Macaw by Natasha SCHISCHAKIN, Conservation & Research Office Houston Zoological Gardens, Texas published in afa Watchbird (Volume XXVIII, Number 2, 2001 (Pages 62-3)

SCLATER. P.H,  Report on the Spix's Macaw by the Secretary to the Zoological Society of London, in the Proceedings of the Scientific Meetings of the Zoological Society of London for the year 1878 (Page 976).

SEITRE Roland, The Quest for the Blue Bird - An interview with Professor Helmut Sick. Published in Terre Sauvage, April, 1990.

SEITRE Roland, The Lear's Macaw (Anodorhynchus leari). Published in Papageien 5/92 September/October.

SHAW George Entry on the Hyacinthine Macaw on Pages 57-60 of the Museum Leverianum, a work containing select specimens from the museum of the late Sir Ashton Lever and published in 1792 followed by the entry in the Fifteenth Volume of the Naturalists's Miscellany by George Shaw and E. Noddy, published not long after the Museum Leverianum, and in Shaw's General Zoology (Vol. VIII, P.393) published in 1812.

SICK Helmut, The origin of the Lear's Macaw (Anodorhynchus leari) discovered.  A letter published in Gefiederte Welt (Issue 9/79).

SICK Helmut and TEXEIRA Dante Martins, Discovery of the home of the Indigo Macaw in Brazil, with notes on field identification of "blue" macaws. Published in American Birds in March 1980, Vol. 34, No. 2 pp118-19, 212.

SICK Helmut, About the blue macaws, especially the Lear's Macaw  Published in Conservation of New World Parrots (Pages 440-443), the Proceedings of the ICBP Parrot Working Group Meeting in St. Lucia, 1980.

SMITH. George, The Spix's Macaw. An unpublished report by British veterinarian George Smith received by Traffic International in October 1990.

SMITH George, The Spix's Macaw. An article by in the Parrot Society Magazine, May 1991 (Volume XXV)

SOUANCÉ Charles de, Entry with comments on blue macaws in the collection of Prince Massena d'Essling published in Revue et Magazine de Zoologie published in February 1856.

SPIX Johannes Baptist von,  Entry on the Hyacinthine Macaw or Anodorhynchus maximiliani in Avium Brasiliensium Species Novae published in Munich (1824-5)

SPIX Johannes Baptist von,  The Description of the Spix's Macaw or Arara hyacinthinus in Avium Brasiliensium Species Novae.  Published in Munich, 1824-5.

SPIX Dr. J.B von and MARTIUS Dr. C.F.P. von.  Excerpts from " An account of travels in Brazil at the command of his Majesty, Maximilian Joseph I, King of Bavaria, in the years 1817 to 1820. (German title: Reise in Brasilien auf Befehl Sr. Majestät Maximilian Joseph I Königs von Baiern in den Jahren 1817 bis 1820 gemacht von weiland Dr. John. Bapt. Von Spix und Dr. Carl Friedr. Phil. Von Martius). Published in three parts - 1823, 1828 and 1831 - in Munich

STONE Witmer, Brief report on "Age attained by the Hyacinth Macaw" published in the Auk in 1920 (Vol. XXXVII, Page 293)

STOODLEY John, Saving Species - Spix's Macaw Recovery Project published in Caged Bird Hobbyist in April 1996 (Pages 56-7).

TAVISTOCK, the Marquess of,  Entry on the Hyacinthine Macaw in Parrots and Parrot-like Birds in Aviculture published in the 1920s.

TAVISTOCK, the Marquess of,  Entry on the Glaucous Macaw in Parrots and Parrot-like Birds in Aviculture published in the 1920s.

TAVISTOCK, the Marquess of,  Entry on the Lear's Macaw in Parrots and Parrot-like Birds in Aviculture   published in the 1920s.

TAVISTOCK, the Marquess of,  Entry on the Spix's Macaw in Parrots and Parrot-like Birds in Aviculture   published in the 1920s.

TEIXEIRA-DE-FREITAS R.F. and WEINZETTL-PINHEIRO M.  Reproduction of Hyacinthine Macaws at the Rodeo Drive Scientific Breeding Centre, Rio Janeiro  A report in the March/April 2002 issue of Atualidades Ornitologicas, the leading Brazilian bi-monthly newpaper for aviculturists and ornithologists.

THOMSEN J.B and MUNN C.A Cyanopsitta spixii: A Non-Recovery Report. Published in 1988 in Parrotletter,    the Newsletter and Journal of the ICBP/SSC Parrot Specialist Group, Vol. 1, Issue 1

THOMSEN J.B, MUNN C.A and YAMASHITA. C Report on the Hyacinth Macaw in the Audubon Wildlife  Report (1989/90, pages 405-19)

VIEILLOT Louis Jean Pierre, Generally accepted original description of the Glaucous Macaw or L'Ara azuvert     in Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle (Vol.2) published in Paris (1816).

VOLKEMER Gerd (Hubermühle, Germany). Notes on breeding the Hyacinthine Macaw published in the Avicultural Magazine, No.1, 1984 (Vol. 90), Page 17.

VOLKEMER Gerd My experience in breeding the Hyacinthine Macaw  published in Gefiederte Welt (Issue 1/85) and translated by the website editor.

VOOUS K.H Article entitled Specimens of Lear's Macaw in the Zoological Museum of Amsterdam Published in L'oiseau et la revue française d'ornithologie in 1965.

WAGLER Johann Georg  Entry on the Hyacinthine Macaw in Monographia Psittacorum published in Munich in 1832.

WAGLER Johann Georg, Description of Glaucous Macaw in Monographia Psittacorum published in Munich in 1832 (Page 676).

WAGLER Johann Georg, Description of the Spix's Macaw in Monographia Psittacorum. Published 1832 in Munich.

WALLACE Alfred Russel, Excerpts from Travels on the Amazon published in 1853.

WATSON Ryan, Hyacinth Macaw breeding and Hand-rearing Study at Al-Wabra Wildlife Preservation. A presentation at the 33rd Annual Convention of the American federation of Aviculture |(AFA), Los Angeles, July 2007

WATSON Ryan, Captive husbandry of the Lear's Macaw at Al-Wabra Wildlife Preservation.  A presentation         at the 33rd Annual Convention of the American federation of Aviculture |(AFA), Los Angeles, July 2007

WATSON Ryan,  Managing the world's largest Spix's Macaw population. A presentation at the 33rd Annual Convention of the American federation of Aviculture |(AFA), Los Angeles, July 2007

WATSON Ryan, "Al Wabra Wildlife Preservation (AWWP) is proud to announce the successful breeding of three critically endangered Lear’s Macaws (Anodorhynchus leari)."  A press release by Ryan Watson,       Blue Macaw Coordinator, AWWP, Qatar

WAUGH David The world's rarest parrot gets a flexible friend. A report published in Parrots, April/May 1997 issue (Pages 6-7).

WAUGH David and REINSCHMIDT Matthias, "Loro Parque Fundación jumps for joy: Spix's Macaw hatched" A press release from Loro Parque (June 2004).

WAUGH David and REINSCHMIDT Matthias, News on the captive management of the Lear’s Macaw. Report issued December 2006

WAUGH David and REINSCHMIDT Matthias, " The first sensational breeding of Lear's Macaw in Europe " A press release on breeding successes with the Lear's Macaw  issued by Loro Parque Fundacion on 8th June 2007

WEINZETTL-PINHEIRO M. and TEIXEIRA-DE-FREITAS R.F., Reproduction of Hyacinthine Macaws at the Rodeo Drive Scientific Breeding Centre, Rio Janeiro  A report in the March/April 2002 issue of Atualidades Ornitologicas, the leading Brazilian bi-monthly newspaper for aviculturists and ornithologists.

WHITTELL Giles "Battle of the bird breeders". A report in The Times dated Friday, 11th January 2002

WHITTINGHAM M.J, BROWN A.F, DREWITT.A and REES.S, Finding Hyacinth Macaw Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus in the Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil. Published in Cotinga, the journal of the Neotropical Bird Club, Issue 10, Autumn 1998 (Pages 66-67)

WILLIAMS Sam,  The future's bright, the future's blue. The Lear's Macaw and its conservation. A report published in Parrots in February 2002 (Issue 61, Pages 24-33)

WISSMAN Margaret A, DVM and PARSONS Bill,  Internal papillomatous disease. Managing the papilloma-positive breeder bird by, Wesley Chapel, Florida. Published in afa Watchbird (Pages 26-27) Volume XXVII. Number 4, July/Aug 2000

YAMASHITA Carlos,  Field observations on the Indigo Macaw (Anodorhynchus leari), a highly endangered species from northeastern Brazil. Published in the Wilson Bulletin ( 99(2) 1987 pp. 280-2)

YAMASHITA Carlos,  Anodorhynchus macaws as followers of extinct megafauna: an hypothesis  Published in Ararajuba, the Journal of the Brazilian Ornithological Society 5(2) P. 176-182 (December 1997)

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