Lear's Macaw in the wild

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Entry on the Lear's Macaw in Threatened Birds of the Americas by N.J.COLLAR, L.P GONZAGA, N.KRABBE, A.Madroņo NIETO, L.G. NARANJO, T.A.PARKER III and D.C.WEGE. 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.

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

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

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.

Journey to the Raso da Catarina, Brazil. A travel report by Karin and Heinz LAMBERT, Schafflund, Germany. Published in the January 2002 issue of Papageien and translated by Tony Pittman, editor and publisher of the Blue Macaws website

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

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