Spix’s macaw returns to Brazil, but is overshadowed by controversy

Mongabay
Mar 19, 2020, 6:03 pm203 pts
The town of Curaçá in Brazil’s of Bahia state lost its last wild Spix’s macaws (Cyanopsitta spixii) two decades ago. So there was a large celebration when, on March 3 this year, 52 of the parrots, bred in captivity, were brought back here to their native region. The macaw was declared extinct in the wild…

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