Recovery of Brazil’s Spix’s macaw, popularized in animated ‘Rio’ films, threatened by climate change

In Brazil’s Northeast, a South African couple is reintroducing the Spix’s macaw to nature through breeding and reintroduction efforts. They’re striving to save these iconic blue parrots from disappearing forever. Despite challenges such as habitat loss, climate change and government disagreements, they are working with local communities to return the bird to its native habitat. There are approximately 360 critically endangered Spix’s macaws in captivity worldwide and very few are living in the wild in Brazil. In Brazil’s Northeast, a South African couple is reintroducing the Spix’s macaw to nature through breeding and reintroduction efforts. They’re striving to save these iconic blue parrots from disappearing forever. Despite challenges such as habitat loss, climate change and government disagreements, they are working with local communities to return the bird to its native habitat. There are approximately 360 critically endangered Spix’s macaws in captivity worldwide and very few are living in the wild in Brazil.  AP Technology and Science