Frieda, the popular Spix's Macaw in Germany
The successful hatching of Frieda has been given extensive coverage in the German press
The birth of Frieda
Good news from Germany: three eggs successfully hatched! Unfortunately just one survived
Photos 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
Future cloning purposes
Some cellular tissue were taken from Presley, the famous Spix's Macaw, for future cloning purposes
News from Al-Wabra Wildlife Preservation
First Al-Wabra Wildlife Preservation's parent fledged in Qatar
The purchase of the Concordia ranch
The Concordia ranch by AWWP in the former habitat area of the Spix's Macaw has been confirmed after 7 months of negotiations
Some good news from Chester Zoo in the UK
It appears that a change of accommodation and diet in the life of a Hyacinthine Macaw has led to breeding success
Up-date on the situation with the young Lear's Macaws at Loro Parque
The oldest macaw bred this year has now fledged; the other three youngsters are doing well
Photos with Lear's Macaws
I have just been sent a photograph of young visitors to a bird show in Switzerland with Lear's Macaws
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A press release on the isolation of the virus causing PDD by the University of California
The study by Patricia Faria
Patricia and her team have just published a study of the genetic variation and population structure of the Hyacinthine Macaw
An unintended breeding
I found an interesting report in the
The American Federation of Aviculture's annual convention
Much of the convention was dedicated to avicultural matters - housing, feeding, behavioural problems, breeding, etc.
TV programme on the Lear's Macaw in Bahia
A TV in Brazil has just broadcast an excellent 15 minute programme on the Lear's Macaws explaining some problems related to them
Great news from Loro Parque
Two more Lear's Macaw young hatched yesterday (10th July)
Two Lear's Macaws exposed at an exhibition
Two Leear's Macaws are on display in an HM Customs and Excise exhibition at the Liverpool Maritime Museum
Difficulties with the website
I have now change the index on the website after receiving comments from visitors about the difficulty in finding information
The Parrots International Symposium
There were presentations on various conservation projects for parrots in every parts of the world
Some more news from Loro Parque
The Lear's Macaw breeding female laid three eggs, one of them successfully hatched two days ago
Hyacinthine Macaw's enemies
Their greatest predator, the Toco Toucan, also contributes considerably to the dispersal of the seeds of their main nesting tree
Updating after a long time...
A lot is happening with various projects for the blue macaws and I am still working on re-vamping the website
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- Interesting articles on the keeping, breeding and development of the Lear’s macaw at ACTP Germany
- More welcome news about the Spix’s macaws in the wild
- The number of Spix’s Macaws has reached 331
- More good news from Brazil about the Spix’s macaw
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- Bad news from Brazil about the wind farm
- Published article in Parrots magazine about the Instituto Arara Azul Adopt a Nest campaign
- Spix’s Macaws released
- Rosemary Low’s article on the Lear’s Macaw
- 12 Lear’s macaws go to Paradise Park, Cornwall