Rare Blue Parrot Back from the Brink of Extinction

Photo: Lear's Macaw pair by Ciro Ginez AlbanoThe Lear’s Macaw, a striking blue parrot found in northeastern Brazil, has been downlisted from Critically Endangered (the highest threat category) to Endangered as a direct result of conservation action, revealed the 2009 update to the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

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Rare Blue Parrot Back from the Brink of Extinction

Lears macaws. Image by Ciro Albano - NE Brazil BirdingThe Lear’s Macaw, a striking blue parrot found in northeastern Brazil, has been downlisted from Critically Endangered (the highest threat category) to Endangered as a direct result of conservation action, revealed the 2009 update to the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

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