Breeding Hyacinthine Macaws Anodorhynchus hyacinthinusLatham
by Dr. B. DUBS. Published in " Gefiederte Welt" (Issue 1/85 P. 7)
Read ArticleExtract on Hyacinthine Macaw from the The Current Distribution and Status of Mainland Neotropical Parrots
by Robert S. RIDGELY published in Conservation of New World Parrots (Pages 237-38), the Proceedings of the ICBP Parrot Working Group Meeting on St. Lucia in 1980.
Read ArticleFirst among parrots - Hyacinth Macaws in the wild
by Robert S. RIDGELY. Published in Birds International, January/March 1989, Vol. 1, No. 1.
Read ArticleReport on the Hyacinth Macaw in the Audubon Wildlife Report
in the Audubon Wildlife Report (1989/90, pages 405-19) by Charles A. MUNN, Jorgen B. THOMSEN and Carlos YAMASHITA
Read ArticleHyacinth Macaws: nesting habits in the wild
by William Donald CLARK. Published in aFa Watchbird (June/July 1991).
Read ArticleClose encounters with Hyacinthine Macaws
by Tony PITTMAN. Published in Cage and Aviary Birds, UK. 28th December 1991.
Read ArticleEntry on the Hyacinth 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.
Read ArticleThe Black Macaw of the Brazilians Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus
by Maja MÜLLER-BIERL. Published in "Gefiederte Welt ", issue 5/93
Read ArticleSome recent research on the feeding habits of the Anodorhynchus Macaws
by Tony PITTMAN. Published in the Parrot Society Magazine, 1993, Vol. XXVII.
Read ArticleNeiva Guedes and the Great Blue Macaws
by Tony PITTMAN. Published in the Parrot Society Magazine, 1996, Vol. XXX
Read ArticleLatest update on the Hyacinthine Macaw Project
by Tony PITTMAN. Published in the Parrot Society Magazine, 1997, Vol. XXXI
Read ArticleConservation in Action - nest tree maintenance
by Tony PITTMAN. Published in Just Parrots, 1997, Issue 18
Read ArticleThe Pantanal
A travel report by Thomas ARNDT published in WP Magazine (January/February 1998 issue, P. 16-21)
Read ArticleFinding Hyacinth Macaw Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus in the Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil
by M.J. WHITTINGHAM, A.F.BROWN, A.DREWITT and S.REES. Published in Cotinga, the journal of the Neotropical Bird Club, Issue 10, Autumn 1998 (Pages 66-67)
Read ArticleThe inauguration of the new base for the Projeto Arara Azul
by Tony PITTMAN. Published in the Parrot Society Magazine, 1999, Vol. XXXIII (February)
Read ArticleHyacinth cliffs. Journey to Brazil to see those beautiful blue macaws.
By Angela DAVIDS, editor of Bird Talk. Published in the October 1999 issue of Bird Talk Magazine.
Read ArticlePresentation at a symposium in Corumbá in November 2004
This is a translation of a presentation given by Neiva Guedes at a symposium in Corumba in November 2004
Read ArticleOccurrence of Hyacinth Macaw nesting sites in Sterculia apetala in the Pantanal
A paper has been recently published (2007) on the occurrence of Hyacinth macaw nesting sites in mandovi trees (Sterculia apetala). You can read this paper here
Read ArticleConservation puzzle:
Endangered hyacinth macaw depends on its nest predator for reproduction by Marco Aurélio Pizo, Camila I. Donatti, Neiva Maria R. Guedes, Mauro Galetti. Published in Biological Conservation 141 (2008) Pages 792-6
Read ArticleHYACINTH MACAWS (ANODORHYNCHUS HYACINTHINUS, PSITTACIDAE) FEEDING ON TERMITES
This is the interesting paper by Gabriel Arvelino de Paula, RudiLaps and Erich Fischer on Hyacinthine macaws feeding on termites published in 2017 in Ornithologia Neotropical
Read ArticleThese blue macaws help grow the forest around them
This is a recently publshed article by Eduardo Franco Berton (8th April 2020) translated by Matt Rinaldi about a study conducted in how Hyacinthine and Lear’s Macaws help spread the seeds of 18 plant species in Brazil and Bolivia.
Read ArticleHyacinth Macaw Conservation in the Brazilian Pantanal
This interesting paper has just been published by the British Ornitholgists Union (July 2021). Subtitled " Habitat loss and lack of protected areas threaten the iconic Hyacinth Macaw." it was written by three distinguished Brazilian conservationists.
Read ArticleThe fate of the world’s most majestic macaw
David Waugh, Correspondent of the Loro Parque Fundacion, very recently wrote a very interesting article about the efforts of Neiva Guedes and her team to save the hyacinth macaws in the Pantanal following the recent horrendous wild fires there.
Read ArticleOrganophosphate poisoning of hyacinth macaws in the southern Pantanal, Brazil
In his article on the fate of the world’s most majestic macaw David Waugh referred to a recent paper by E.C.Vicente and Neiva Guedes on the effects of organophosphate poisoning of hyacinth macaws through pesticides. The paper is reproduced here .
Read ArticleAnnual Activity Report 2021-2 by the Hyacinth Macaw Institute
You can read the Annual Activity Report for 2021-2 produced by the Hyacinth Macaw Institute ( Instituto Arara Azul) here. Please consider taking part in either the Adopt a Nest or Adopt a Chick programmes. There are details in the report.
Read ArticleArticle on the 2022-3 annual report of the Adopt a Nest campaign of the Instituto Arara Azul
I wrote an article based on the annual report for 2022-3 on the Adopt a Nest campaign of the Instituto Arara Azul. This is appearing in the August issue of Parrots magazine and can be read here.
Read ArticleAnnual Activity Report 2022-2023 of the Instituto Arara Azul
The latest annual report has just been released by the Instituto Arara Azul and can be read here. It highlights the wonderful work which continues to be done by Neiva and her dedicated team.
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Latest News
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Sunday 13th October 2024
Cromwell Purchase reports briefly on Spix’s Macaw project
Cromwell Purchase has just published an up-to-date on the Spix’s Macaw project in Brazil. he writes " We are monitoring 11 in the wild, so 10 left of the original 20 released in 2022, one had to be returned to captivity because of its behavi ... Read More »
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" Naturam expellas furca, tamen usque recurret "
( If you drive out nature with a pitchfork, she will soon find a way back)
Horace (65-8 BC)