This was the specimen brought back to Europe by von Spix after his expedition to Brazil from 1817 to 1820

Nicole Ludwig from Cologne in Germany, who worked last year at Al-Wabra Wildlife Conservation for the summer, has just sent me some photographs she made of the type specimen of the Spix's Macaw held at the Munich Natural History Museum. This was the specimen brought back to Europe by von Spix after his expedition to Brazil from 1817 to 1820 and described by him in Avium Brasiliensium Species Novae four years later. Two images can be viewed on the Spix's Macaw images page.