Picture of the three Spix's Macaws bred this year
Three of the four Spix's Macaws bred this year - two in January and two at the end of June - at ACTP in Germany this year
Correction of the last statement
There appear to be six young Hyacinthine macaws at Loro Parque, not five
Disappointing season in breeding Spix's Macaws
Apparently out of 32 eggs laid from 5 hens only one egg showed any visible sign of development
Workshop about the conservation of the Lear's Macaw in the wild
At the end of August a four-day workshop took place in Salvador attended by the representatives of 31 institutions
Information from Loro Parque
Simon Bruslund has joined the team at Loro Parque as Curator of Birds
The American Federation of Aviculture's (AFA) convention
My experience at the AFA convention and the excellent programme of presentations
Article in the Washington Post
Link about an interesting article in the Washington Post published on 4th July 2011
News report on the Spix's Macaws at Al-Wabra Wildlife Preservation
YouTube link to watch news report on the Spix's Macaws by the Al Jazeera English languages channel
The Parrots International annual symposium
An annual symposium held in the Biltmore Hotel in Miami about some different aspects of Blue Macaws
A short clip of the visit to Lymington Foundation
A film crew from Globo has visited the Lymington Foundation near Sao Paulo to see Presley, the famous Spix's Macaw
Two Spix's Macaws hatched earlier this year
The two young macaws, called Kiki and Felix, are being hand-reared and doing well from ACTP in Germany
Rio - an animated film about a blue macaw
An animated film about a blue macaw is about to be released. It will provide a much wider audience to the Spix's Macaws cause!
Breeding success for ACTP
News from ACTP: their Spix's Macaws produced two fertile eggs, which hatched successfully on 18th and 21st January
Press release from Loro Parque
Press release from Loro Parque on the breeding successes for 2010
Solving website problems
I have now hopefully sorted out the problem with the English Index
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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
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- Spix’s Macaws released
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