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Images Of The Spix's Macaw

Type specimen of Spix's Macaw collected by Spix at the Munich Natural History Museum
Head of type specimen at Munich Natural History Museum
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
Illustration of Spix's Macaw in Bourjot St Hilaire's Histoire Naturelle des Perroquets (1837-8)
Head study of above illustration by Bourjot St Hilaire
Historic plate by Smits of Spix's Macaw acquired by Zoological Society of London in 1878
Monochrome illustration of Glaucous Macaw with Spix's Macaw in a Hamburg dealer's premises by Karl Neunzig in 1895
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)
The remaining male in the wild with the female Illiger's Macaw(Ara maracana)with which it was bonded
Male Spix's Macaw Last remaining Spix's Macaw in the wild 1990
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)
Male Spix's Macaw with Illiger's female in the wild
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!!