Great news! 💙 About five weeks ago, we reported about one of our Spix's macaw breeding pairs and their chicks. Today we retake with you a quick look into the mentioned pair's nesting box and want to show how great both chicks of them have developed. They are healthy and of ideal weight, will be fully-fledged soon, and follow their parents out of the box. We'll keep you up to date. *** *** *** Großartige Neuigkeiten! 💙 Vor etwa fünf Wochen haben wir über eines unserer Spix-Ara Brutpaare und der

The Blue-throated Macaw, one of the rarest parrots in the world, faces a multitude of threats to its survival, including habitat loss and poaching. With just a few hundred individuals remaining in the wild, every new generation of Blue-throated Macaws is crucial to the species' survival. That's why we're thrilled to share the exciting news from our Bolivian partners, Fundación CLB. The nest boxes they installed late, last year in the Gran Mojos protected area in Bolivia, alongside the intense mo

Here in Germany, the first snow has fallen, and the temperatures have turned wintry. ❄️ Our Spix's Macaw babies prefer to stay in the warm indoor aviaries and have a lot to do with the toys, some of which we have built ourselves. With these sugar-sweet recordings, we wish you a relaxing weekend. 💙 *** *** *** Hier in Deutschland ist der erste Schnee gefallen und die Temperaturen sind winterlich geworden. ❄️ Unsere Spix Ara Babies halten sich lieber in den warmen Innenvolieren auf und haben mit

Extinct in the wild! ‼️ Loud calls and screeching are specific to the species of the Spix's macaw too. Various and sometimes deafening alarm and excitement calls are part of their territorial behavior. As is typical for parrots, Spix's macaws also include strange environment noises in their repertoire. For example, this one bird sometimes sounds like a cat's meow. The synchronous calling of a couple, as been seen in the film, is called duetting. These two birds are marking their nesting territor