The Spix’s Macaw has been extinct in the wild for ten years after its numbers collapsed due to deforestation and poaching but births in captivity are rising.

‘There are only 73 in the captive breeding programme and the birth of this chick is a global victory,’ said Dr David Waugh of Tenerife’s Loro Parque Foundation.

He hopes to release birds back into the wild one day.

(via Baby chick helping to bring world’s rarest parrot back from extinction | Metro.co.uk)

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Posted on May 1, 2012

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Foster Parrots Project Guyana 2010 Eco-tour, part one (by fosterparrots)

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Posted on March 7, 2012

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Conservationists try to keep rare parrots alive in captivity as their numbers dwindle in the wild.

(via Video — Parrot Gene Pool — National Geographic)

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Posted on February 10, 2012

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(via Species-saving Kakapo dies at age of 80 (Wired UK))

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Posted on January 23, 2012

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Lora—from captivity to release (by EchoBonaire)

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Posted on January 2, 2012 with 3 notes

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Interview with Boyd Matson on National Geographic Weekend (by DrSteveBoyes)

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Posted on December 19, 2011

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Africa’s parrots are a unique assemblage of lovebirds, Poicephalus parrots, grey parrots, and Rose-ringed parakeets that have managed to find a home in the forests and savanna of this wild and primordial continent. All species are now under serious threat from escalating trade due to emerging markets in the Far East and habitat loss due to deforestation, agricultural development, climate change, and poor land management practices. (via Wildlife trade and uncontrolled deforestation threaten Africa’s parrots… – News Watch)

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Posted on December 19, 2011

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