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The Spix's Macaw (Cyanopsitta spixii) is the only member of the parrot genus Cyanopsitta. This macaw was found in Brazil, in the north part of the state Bahia. The species probably became extinct in the wild around 2000, when the last known wild bird died [2], however, there is a captive population of some 68 individuals [2][3][4]. Most of these individuals are bred in captivity. Of these individuals, only 9 are found in breeding programs of zoos; two birds are in Loro Parque, Tenerife, Spain and seven birds are in the São Paulo Zoo, Brazil. The pair at the Loro Parque produced two young in 2004. Two more young from 2006 are on public display in the Tenerife parrot park (Loro Parque). They have not yet fledged (April 2007). There are no adult Spix's in the Loro park on public display, because they are being kept under high security in the Loro Parque captive breeding centre. The aim of the breeding program is to eventually reintroduce this species back to the wild.[2]
Some 47 animals belong to Sheikh Saoud Bin Mohammed Bin Ali Al Thani in Doha, Qatar, who acquired them from private keepers in the Philippines and Switzerland and founded the Al Wabra Wildlife Preservation Center. It runs its own breeding program which has produced 12 young so far, 7 of them in 2006.[4][5]
This bird is a delicate, blue-grey macaw with long tail and wings. It has a pale ashy-blue head, distinctively square shaped, and pale blue underparts. Its upperparts, wings and long tail are a more vivid blue.
The Spix's Macaw (Cyanopsitta spixii) is the only member of the parrot genus Cyanopsitta. This macaw was found in Brazil, in the north part of the state Bahia. The species probably became extinct in the wild around 2000, when the last known wild bird died [2], however, there is a captive population of some 68 individuals [2][3][4]. Most of these individuals are bred in captivity. Of these individuals, only 9 are found in breeding programs of zoos; two birds are in Loro Parque, Tenerife, Spain and seven birds are in the São Paulo Zoo, Brazil. The pair at the Loro Parque produced two young in 2004. Two more young from 2006 are on public display in the Tenerife parrot park (Loro Parque). They have not yet fledged (April 2007). There are no adult Spix's in the Loro park on public display, because they are being kept under high security in the Loro Parque captive breeding centre. The aim of the breeding program is to eventually reintroduce this species back to the wild.[2]
Some 47 animals belong to Sheikh Saoud Bin Mohammed Bin Ali Al Thani in Doha, Qatar, who acquired them from private keepers in the Philippines and Switzerland and founded the Al Wabra Wildlife Preservation Center. It runs its own breeding program which has produced 12 young so far, 7 of them in 2006.[4][5]
This bird is a delicate, blue-grey macaw with long tail and wings. It has a pale ashy-blue head, distinctively square shaped, and pale blue underparts. Its upperparts, wings and long tail are a more vivid blue.
