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A female Spix's macaw released from captivity at the site in 1995 was killed by collision with a power line after seven weeks. The last wild male disappeared from the site in October 2000; his disappearance was thought to have marked the extinction of this species in the wild. [19] However, wild Spix's macaws may have been sighted in 2016. [4]
While numbers are estimates, they have been made by the experts in their fields. ... Spix's macaw: Cyanopsitta spixii: 160 [4] EW [4] ... Blue-throated macaw: Ara ...
Great green macaw or Buffon's macaw (Ara ambiguus) 85–90 cm (33–36 in) long. Mostly green, red on forehead, green and blue wings [10] Central and South America, from Honduras to Ecuador: Blue-and-yellow macaw or blue-and-gold macaw (Ara ararauna) 80–90 cm (31.5–35.5 in) long. Mostly blue back and yellow front. Blue chin and green forehead.
The Spix's macaw is now probably extinct in the wild. The glaucous macaw is also probably extinct, with only two reliable records of sightings in the 20th century. The greatest problems threatening the macaw population are the rapid rate of deforestation and illegal trapping for the bird trade. [ 8 ]
All Spix’s macaws are majestically blue in the blazing sun of Brazil's Northeast, but each bird is distinct to Candice and Cromwell Purchase. As the parrots soar squawking past their home, the ...
Genus Anodorhynchus (blue macaws) von Spix, 1824 – three species Common name Scientific name IUCN Red List Status Range Picture Glaucous macaw: A. glaucus
The Spix's macaw (Cyanopsitta spixii) is a critically endangered species and may be extinct in the wild.. Brazil has more than 1900 bird species, [1] and according to the Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation and the Brazilian Ministry of the Environment, there are 240 species or subspecies of Brazilian birds listed as threatened, six as extinct and two as extinct in the wild.
The genus, Anodorhynchus Spix, 1824 [5] is one of six genera of Central and South American macaws in tribe Arini of macaws, parakeets and closely related genera. The macaws and parakeets comprise the clade of long-tailed parrots which with sister clade the short-tailed Amazonian parrots and allies make up subfamily Arinae of Neotropical parrots in family Psittacidae of true parrots.