Good news
The Spix's Macaw recently discovered in the USA has now been at last returned to Brazil
The fate of the 144 parrots confiscated
100 are to be returned to the breeder and the remaining 44 will remain with HM Customs & Excise for placement
Excellent images of the Lear's Macaw
I have set them up on a separate images page that you can find below
Article on the Glaucous Macaw by Claudio Bertonatti
It is in Spanish, but I hope to get an English translation up soon
A Spix's Macaw has surfaced in the USA
It will be sent back to Brazil within the next two weeks to be integrated into the recovery programme
The 5th International Parrot Convention
The presentations at this four-yearly gathering of parrot conservationists and aviculturists from all over the world
OFFICIAL information in our news page
The origin of all reports on the Blue Macaws website is the IBAMA website
Agency report from Brazil
IBAMA has made a decision to dissolve the Committee for the Recovery of the Spix's Macaw
More delay in the Sissen's case
The newspaper report about it in today's Yorkshire Post can be accessed through the news page linked below
Video from a Brazilian TV programme
Infra-red cameras were used in a nest of a Hyacinthine Macaw pair monitored by Neiva Guedes of the Projeto Arara Azul
Another development in the proceedings against Harry Sissen
The judge decided to allow him to present DNA evidence on the birds confiscated in 1998
The final stage of the proceedings against Harry Sissen
The case should conclude early next week and hopefully the three Lear's Macaws will then be repatriated
Additional information to the two article below
Report on incubating Hyacinthine Macaw eggs and rearing hatchlings
Interesting article by Norbert Hebel
The article is about his experience in breeding Hyacinthine Macaws
Re-pairing of the Spix's macaws
1,104 young of 167 parrot species and subspecies were bred at Loro Parque in 2001 compared with 853 of 148 species in 2000
Excellent news from the Pantanal
The Projeto Arara Azul continues to operate successfully
Report on the Spix's Macaw in the Times
It is not entirely accurate on the history of the recovery programme it sheds new interesting light on the latest situation
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Latest News
- On-line article on American Bird Conservancy website November 2020
- Interesting paper on the Spix’s Macaw
- Azul Airline decorates one of its jets with images of the Spix’s macaw
- Covid-19 prevents the corn replacement team operating
- Blue macaws help to grow the forest around them
- Fires destroy home of one of the world’s rarest birds in Brazil’s Pantanal
- Another ICMBio president resigns
- Spix’s macaws moved to outdoor aviaries
- You-tube video on reintroduction project
- ICMBio statement 11th March 2020
- Press release by ICMBio 19-2-2020
- Good news from Brazil
- Loro Parque Foundation has reintroduced six Lear’s into the wild in Brazil
- Report on hyacinths feeding on termites
- Update report on the fire situation in the Pantanal
- Paper on breeding performance of the Lear's Macaw in the wild
- Fires in the Pantanal
- Ten miles for the Spix's Macaw
- Report in the Sueddeutsche Zeitung July 2019