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

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.Madroño 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)

Project Report on compensation for damage to corn plantings - 2013

Project for indemnification for damage to corn plantings by Lear’s macaws (2014)

Sub-project of evaluation of damages and estimates of harm done to the corn fields

Project for indemnification for damage to corn plantings by Lear’s macaws (2015)

Sub-project of evaluation of damages and estimates of harm done to the corn fields

Project for indemnification for damage to corn plantings by Lear’s macaws (2017)

I have just received the report for 2017 for the corn replacement project in Bahia. It is attached in PDF format. The team has been very busy following the drought period in 2016.

Lear's Macaw - Conflict or Compensation

This is an article, which appeared this month (January 2019) in Parrots magazine. I should like to thank David Waugh and Parrots magazine for allowing me to place it on the Blue Macaws website.   

Breeding performance in the wild by Lear's Macaws

A researched paper entitled " Breeding to non-breeding population ratio and breeding performance of the globally endangered Lear's Macaw (Anodorhynchus leari); conservation and monitoring implications\" was published by Bird Conservation International in February 2014.  This highlighted the high performance of Lear's macaws in the wild in reproduction compared to other macaw species. I find this really interesting as Lear's macaws have proven to be quite prolific in breeding in captivity, e.g at Loro Parque in Tenerife. I was sent this paper recently by Acadaemia 

Loro Parque Foundation reintroduces six Lears macaws into the wild

This is the report mentioned on the News page published in February 2018 on the Loro Parque blog page.

On-line article on American Bird Conservancy website November 2020

The attached interesting article appeared on the American Bird Conservancy website in November 2020

Disturbing article on wind farm endangering Lear’s macaws

Mongabay has just published - June 2021 - an article on-line about a wind farm being constructed in north-eastern Brazil which could endanger Lear’s Macaws in the wild

American Bird Conservancy update on the wind farm situation September 2021

The American Bird Conservancy has issued an update on its website at www.abcbirds.org about the wind farm situation in the Lear’s Macaw conservation reserve in Bahia, Brazil. I have copied and pasted the article and you can read it here. The situation is very concerning because the French company wanting to erect the wind farm is totally ignoring worldwide protest.

Power lines that kill endangered species

Rosemary Low wrote an article about the power line situation in Bahia threatening the endangered Lear’s macaw population in the area. This appeared in the April 2022 issue of Parrots magazine and can be read here. 

Windfarm update -May 2022

Windfarm update by Rosemary Low

I have received an update from Rosemary Low on the situation in Bahia with the power lines 

Further information about the windfarm project

I have provided here some more informatioin about the dreadful windfarm project proposed for the habitat of the Lear’s Macaws in Bahia

Windfarm update March 2023

A number of organisations have complained to the UN about the windfarm being constructed by Voltalia in the habitat of the Lear’s Macaw in Bahia. A report appeared in the March 2023 issue of the German magazine Papageien and I have translated it and you can read it here. 

New breeding success of Lear’s Macaws bred in Loro Parque and re-introduced to Brazil

This is the paper just received from David Waugh in Loro Parque with news about the Lear’s Macaws bred in a controlled environment at Loro Parque and reintroduced in Brazil