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Illustration of glaucous macaw (foreground) with Spix's macaw in Hamburg, 1895. One of the earliest records (and one of very few at all) of a Spix's macaw in a public zoo was a dramatic display of "the four blues" including Spix's macaw, glaucous macaw, hyacinth macaw, and the Lear's macaw in 1900 at the Berlin Zoo. [80]
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.
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 ...
Little blue macaw or Spix's macaw, Cyanopsitta spixii (probably extinct in the wild) From L to R: scarlet macaw, blue-and-yellow macaw, and military macaw Blue-and-yellow macaw (left) and blue-throated macaw (right) Ara. Blue-and-yellow macaw or blue-and-gold macaw, Ara ararauna; Blue-throated macaw, Ara glaucogularis; Military macaw, Ara militaris
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.
Pictures Spix's macaw: Cyanopsitta spixii: Sao Francisco River, Bahia, Brazil Last recorded in the wild in 2000. Declined due to capture for the pet trade, and habitat loss caused by deforestation, livestock grazing, and the construction of the Sobradinho Dam. [60]
Spix's macaw: C. spixii (Wagler, 1832) j EW: Central eastern Brazil Genus Orthopsittaca Ridgway, 1912 – one species Common name Scientific name IUCN Red List Status
A domesticated Spix's macaw named Blu, the last known male of his species, and his owner Linda are invited to travel to Rio de Janeiro by an Ornithologist named Túlio in an effort to save the species from extinction by introducing Blu to the last known female, Jewel.