First Lear’s Indigo Macaw Hatched In The Wild by Captive-Bred Parents

The first Lear’s indigo macaw to ever hatch in the wild to captive-bred parents is raising scientists’ hopes this may be the first step to rejuvenating a functionally extinct population of the species in Brazil

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Captive-bred pair of Lear’s macaws (Anodorhynchus leari), also known as the indigo macaw, that had been released into the wild in 2019, feeding their wild-born fledgling. This species is an Endangered all-blue parrot that is endemic to the caatinga in northeastern Brazil. (Credit: Thiago Filadelfo / Loro Parque Fundación)