Photo 1: Birds born in Loro Parque Fundación - Tenerife, feeding in the wild. Photo: Thiago Filadelfo
Lear's macaw is one of 10 species that LPF has managed to save from imminent extinction thanks to the funding of 'in situ' and 'ex-situ' conservation projects
Thanks to the efforts of LPF and the coordination team in Brazil led by biologist Erica Pacífico, 17 Lear's macaws have been successfully returned and 8 reintroduced into their habitat in Brazil.”
— Rafael Zamora, Scientific Director of Loro Parque Fundación
PUERTO DE LA CRUZ, SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, SPAIN, March 5, 2021 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Thanks to the initiative of Loro Parque, Animal Embassy and Biodiversity Conservation Centre, in close collaboration with Loro Parque Fundación, two more Lear's Macaws (Anodorhynchus leari) were released into their natural habitat a few days ago. The project for these parrots is one of the most important projects of the Loro Parque Fundación, which has managed to lower the status of the Lear's macaw on the Red List of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) from "critically endangered" to "endangered".