Spix’s Macaw
(Cyanopsitta spixi)
The Spix’s Macaw (Cyanopsitta spixii) is a medium sized parrot native to Brazil that was first documented by science in 1832.
The Spix’s macaw is best known for it’s often distinct blue coloration used to attract mates. Vivid blue feathers dominate it’s upper body & it’s head is a distinguished grey-blue. Many years of deforestation, human encroachment, and illegal trafficking led to the Spix’s macaw’s decline and eventual extinction in the wild in the year 2000.
Chico Mendes Institute of Conservation and Biodiversity (www.icmbio.gov.br/portal) is dedicated to the preservation of the Spix’s macaw.