The Asociación Armonía and the Rainforest Trust report progress in protecting one of the world's rarest birds.
“Rainforest Trust and our donors care about all endangered birds–indeed all endangered species. But Blue Throated Macaws are special–spectacular, brilliant, social. Our world would be vastly impoverished without them,” Rainforest Trust CEO James Deutsch said
. “That’s why we are so privileged to support Asociación Armonía in their highly professional and successful efforts to pull this species back from the brink.” A blue-throated macaw in a nesting box in Bolivia’s Laney Rickman Reserve. CREDIT: Asociación Armonía. The gold and blue parrot is one of the rarest birds in the world and highly intelligent. Despite these recent successes, they are still critically endangered due to habitat loss and the illegal pet trade.
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