MotherlodeParrot
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This is amazing news for conservation biology and parrot/bird lovers. On June 19th of 2016 a lone Spix Macaw (Cyanopsitta spixii) has been found by locals farmers and towns people in thein the dry Caatinga area in Bahia, Brazil. The group of people who found the Spix were able to capture a video of the this Spix Macaw to confirm the bird. However more research about this Spix Macaw has to be done to evaluate where this Spix came from, if it is part of a bigger flock, sex, or if it even has a mate. However I can say with the captive population now being over the goal of 100 Spix's (there are over 120 Spix's) to start reintroduction's. That maybe the prospects of reintroduced birds could be reintroduced to make a flock with this established wild Spix Macaw. After 16 years of being presumed extinct in the wild this is spectacular news. This is an article about this newly found Spix Macaw.
Spix?s Macaw reappears in Brazil | BirdLife
Best Regards
Jeremy A. Rich
Spix?s Macaw reappears in Brazil | BirdLife
Best Regards
Jeremy A. Rich
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