Return From Extinction •

Oct 2000 • Last remaining Spix's macaw in the wild disappears.

Project Milestones:
2005 • ACTP gets its first Spix's macaws and joins the Spix's Recovery Project.

July 2016 • MOU signed between all parties and the Minister of Environment.

July 2016 • Brazil announced plans to make a 100,000 Ha protected area in the historic habitat of the Spix's macaw.

2018 • ACTP agrees to take over management of all Al Wabra's Spix's macaws, with the intention to release into the wild as soon as possible.

2018 • MOU signed to align the parties and Brazil government with the Spix's action plan.

2019 • TCA signed between ACTP and the Brazilian government to secure the Spix's Macaw Release Project.

Nov 2019 • ACTP sends team to Brazil to manage the building process of the breeding and release center in Curaçá.

March 2020 • 52 Spix's macaws arrive from ACTP Germany to the Insitu ACTP facility in Curaçá.

2020 • BlueSky-Caatinga started its plans to rejuvenate and restore the Caatinga habitat within the Spix's historic range.

June 2022 • First 8 Spix's macaws released into the wild.

Dec 2022 • Next 12 Spix's macaws released into the wild. To make up the 20 birds released per year plan.

August 2023 • First successful breeding of Spix's in the wild. Chicks reached fledgling age but did not survive fledging.

May 2024 • Second successful wild breeding of Spix's macaws, two chicks have fledged successfully.

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The Spix's Macaw Release Project is only possible thanks to the many years of support from our partners in Germany and in Brazil, such as 🇧🇷 ICMBio Bragança/PA 🇧🇪 Pairi Daiza Foundation 🇶🇦 Spix Macaw (AWWP) 🇩🇪 BlueSky Caatinga 🇮🇳 Greens Zoological Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre 🇩🇪 Museum für Naturkunde Berlin 🇩🇪 Zoologische Gesellschaft für Arten- und Populationsschutz e.V. - ZGAP 🇧🇷 NuTrópica Nutrição Especializada 🇩🇪 Grumbach Brutgeräte 🇩🇪 Arndt-Verlag 🇩🇪 Wachtel-Shop.com 🇩🇪 birdfarm büngerheide 🇺🇸 Parrots International …and many, many more. ❤️ Many thanks also to those partners and supporters involved in the project, which we haven't mentioned here!#spixsAreComingHome #spixsMacaw #spixAra #cyanopsittaSpixii #ararinhaAzul #brazil #caatinga #parrots #extinctInTheWildSpecies #iucn #wildlifeConservation #conservation #nonProfit #actp #icmBio #pairiDaiza #knutisShop #alwabra #kauriCab #parrotsInternational #blueSky #grumbach #museumFürNaturkunde #wisbroek #nuTropica #birdfarm