Current Projects

Lear's Macaw

Early on in our history we were contacted by Dr. Charles A. Munn III, acknowledged to be the world's leading expert on the macaws. We were able to support his work for Hyacinth Macaws (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus), and then moved on to funding extensive projects for the much more endangered Lear's Macaw (Anodorhynchus leari).

The habitat of these macaws was unknown until 1978, and remaining numbers in the wild were once thought to be as low as 60. We have consistently funded the work of the BioBrasil Foundation in NE Brazil, and new discoveries of other populations bring the current total to around several hundred birds and growing.

To learn more about our efforts to save this species:

• PsittaScene Volume 17, Number 2; May 2005; page 15
• PsittaScene Volume 15, Number 1; February 2003; pages 6-7
• PsittaScene Volume 13 Number 1; February 2001; pages 10-11
• PsittaScene Volume 13, Number 3; August 2001; pages 2-4
• PsittaScene Volume 10, Number 4; November 1998; pages 2-7

To help save this parrot please:

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