The Lear's Macaw in Aviculture

An article on the Lear's Macaw in the Avicultural Magazine

in the Avicultural Magazine, the Journal of the Avicultural Society by the Rev. Hubert D.ASTLEY published in February 1907 (Vol. V, No. 4, Pages 111-113).

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Entry on the Lear\\\'s Macaw in Parrots and Parrot-like Birds

in Parrots and Parrot-like Birds in Aviculture published by the Marquess of TAVISTOCK in the 1920s.

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Breeding Lear's Macaw (Anodorhynchus leari) at the Busch Gardens (Tampa, Florida)

by Ed BISH (Curator of Psittacines)). Published in the Avicultural Magazine 1985 (Conservation Special Double Issue (Vol. 91, pages 30-31).

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News on the captive management of the Lear’s Macaw

by David Waugh and Matthias Reinschmidt, Loro Parque Fundación. Issued December 2006

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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

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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

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Captive husbandry of the Lear’s Macaw at Al-Wabra Wildlife Preservation

A presentation by Ryan Watson at the 33rd Annual Convention of the American Federation of Aviculture (AFA), Los Angeles, July 2007  

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Lear’s Macaw Studbook as at 31st December 2016

I have just received the Lear’s Macaw studbook from Jurong Park and put it here for your information. 

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Lear’s Macaw studbook December 2018

Here is the Lear’s Macaw studbook as at 31st December 2018. There were 166 Lear’s Macaws in captivity.

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Lear’s Macaw - Celebrating wild and captive successes

Rosemary Low had an article on the Lear’s Macaw published in the October 2022 issue of Parrots magazine. In this she referred to the Lears’ Macaws which were held in the Bird Garden  at Harewood House. She revealed that of the 12 macaws held there 9 were actually bred there. The Bird Garden closed permanently in February of this year (2023) and all the livestock relocated. The staff then all left and no-one there now has any information about the livestock.  Rosemary has kindly allowed me to publish the article here.  

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