Spix's Macaw — A lone survivor
CBP’S PARROT OFFICER Tony Juniper recently went on an expedition to Brazil to find the rare Spix’s macaw in the wild. He and his four companions finally came across the last wild Spix's macaw in a woodland degraded by grazing goats, sheep and cattle. Juniper suggests that habitat loss may have caused a decline in the species, leaving it vulnerable to trapping. Only 15 Spix’s macaw are known of by ICBP although there are probably others held secretly by bird fanciers which will never be available for a species recovery programme.
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Forest and Bird, Volume 22, Issue 1, 1 February 1991, Page 7
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96Spix's Macaw — A lone survivor Forest and Bird, Volume 22, Issue 1, 1 February 1991, Page 7
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