Recovery of Brazil's Spix's macaw, seen in 'Rio' films, threatened by climate change

A Spix's macaw soars over a breeding facility project in its native habitat in a rural area of Curaca, Bahia state, Brazil, Tuesday, March 12, 2024. There are approximately 360 critically endangered Spix's macaws in captivity worldwide and very few are living in the wild in Brazil. All Spix’s macaws are majestically blue in the blazing sun of Brazil's Northeast, but each bird is distinct to Candice and Cromwell Purchase.

The drier conditions worry Cromwell Purchase because of their potential impact on habitat for the few surviving Spix’s macaws. In the face of the changing climate and numerous challenges, at every turn the Purchases have dedicated the better part of their adult lives to breeding Spix's macaws and reintroducing them into nature. The journey first took the biologists to work with a private collection on an oasis in Qatar. When the birds were sold to a nonprofit organization, the couple moved with them to Germany.

All released birds were equipped with radio collars designed to resist macaws’ strong bills. Each collar has an antenna. The Purchases and their assistant check the birds' locations three times a day.

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