Images of the Spix's Macaw (Cyanopsitta spixii)

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Some of the images below of Spix's Macaws in the wild were taken when Thomas Arndt and I visited the project in mid-April 1995, one month after the female had been re-released into the wild. She disappeared shortly after, therefore some of these images may be unique

N.B Articles on the Spix's Macaw in the wild can be found at this website page.

Illustration of Spix's Macaw with Spix's historic description published 1824/5 alongside skin of Spix's Macaw in Berlin

Close-up of the illustration above

Historic plate by Smits of Spix's Macaw acquired by Zoological Society of London in 1878

Awaiting salvation in the dawn

The remaining male in the wild with the female Illiger's Macaw(Ara maracana)with which it is bonded

The last remaining three Spix's Macaws known in the wild (1986). Shortly afterwards two were trapped and illegally exported to Europe ((c) Paul Roth)

Female Spix's Macaw in aviary at base before release (March 1995)

The female feeding pre-release in March 1995((c) Klaus Meyer)

The female immediately after release into the wild in March 1995 ((c) Klaus Meyer.

Female Spix's Macaw perching in a tree near the research station in April 1995 ((c) Thomas Arndt)

The released female in flight in April 1995 ((c) Thomas Arndt)

A really nice image of the female on a branch with the shortened tail electronically restored. (April 1995)((c) Thomas Arndt)

Young male lent temporarily to project in 1995

The female feeding on top of the young male's aviary (April 1995)

A pair of Illiger's Macaws (Ara maracana)

Carlos Yamashita examines the nest with an endoscope

Typical caatinga landscape with stunted trees and thorny bushes in April

The creek along which the nesting trees of the Spix's Macaw grow

favela fruits, main food of the Spix's Macaw

pinhão, another important food source for the Spix's Macaw

A flock of Spix's Macaws as imagined in a painting (modified) by Jenevora Searight of Rio de Janeiro. Hopefully the future - even now!!

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