The Spix's Macaw Re-Introduction Project is tasked with reintroducing the "extinct in the wild" Spix's Macaw, the rarest parrot in the world. It is the only re-introduction of a bird species considered extinct in the wild by ICUN.

The funds will be utilized to construct the Spix’s Macaw Re-Introduction Project facilities and provide five years of operating expenses for the breeding and reintroduction of the parrots into the wild. The five year Project reintroduction projections show a viable, growing, self-sustaining wild population of Spix’s Macaws.

The culmination of the race to save the Spix’s Macaw is the physical Spix’s Macaw Re-Introduction Project facility and five years of operating expenses for captive breeding and reintroductions into the wild.

The Spix’s Macaw Re-Introcution Project is being initiated to save the rarest parrot in the world ... reintroducing the extinct Spix’s Macaw back into the wild of Brazil. Carlos Saldahna's two Rio movies are loosely based on the story of the Spix's Macaw.

“Soft Release” Spix’s Macaw Reintroduction. Soft release describes a gradual return to the wild whereby an aviary breed Spix’ Macaw receives support, shelter and food until it is entirely able to fend for itself.

The Spix’s Macaw Re-Introduction Project facilities will be built and administered on the 6000 acre (2400 hectare) Spix’s Macaw Preserve, created in 2008 by Sheikh Saoud bin Mohammed bin Ali Al-Thani. The Al-Thani family has graciously donated the use of this preserve to the project.

Mar 2, 2017 · Besides natural breeding, ACTP is also successful with artificial insemination (AI) in parrot reproduction. AI is an important tool for Spix’s Macaws which are not able to copulate naturally, either due to physical problems or the lack of a partner bird.

The TCA specifically addresses the agreement between the Brazilian Government and the Spix’s Macaw Association founders to create, fund, and manage the project culminating with annual reintroductions of the Critically Endangered/Extinct in the Wild Spix’s Macaw.

In the past, all Spix’s Macaws have been hatched thousands of miles away from its native habitat. To successfully reintroduce the Spix’s Macaws will require that the future breeding facility be situated “in situ”, in the natural habitat of the last Spix’s Macaw, the …

Mar 2, 2017 · The Spix’s Macaw captive breeding program is arguably the most challenging captive breeding conservation project of this generation, with leading research in genetic analysis, hormone analysis, egg analysis, genome sequencing and artificial insemination.