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Spix’s Macaw and the Al Wabra Wildlife Preservation

By Charlie January 7, 2009 9 comments

When the last Spix’s Macaw Cyanopsitta spixii disappeared from the wild in October 2000, most observers who knew anything about the species were ready to write it into history. The by now iconic blue macaw was held in captivity in small numbers, but many were illegally obtained birds poached from the last substantial population in [...]