A Spix’s macaw hatches in Brazil’s caatinga

Great news from Brazil. Cromwell Purchase and his team have successfully hatched a Spix’s macaw at the Release Center in Brazil. 52 Spix’s macaws were moved from Germany to the Spix’s Macaw Release Center in Brazil about a year ago. All of these macaws were young. The pair that produced the young chick actually laid 4 eggs, two of which were fertile. The first reportedly hatched on 11th April, but died the following day due to the parents’ lack of experience.  The second one hatched on 13th April but because of the inexperience and neglect of the parent birds it was removed by Cromwell for hand-rearing. It is hoped that the parent birds will produce later in the year and rear their own chicks. It’s the first important step in re-introducing the Spix’s macaw to the wild in Brazil