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Cyanopsitta spixii
It survives only in captivity or through populations reintroduced outside its historical range.
Spix's macaw is a psittaciform bird of the family Psittacidae and the only species in the genus Cyanopsitta. It was first described by the German naturalist Georg Marcgraf, while he was working in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil, in 1638, and its name is a tribute to another German, Johann Baptist von Spix, who obtained a specimen in 1819 on the bank of the São Francisco river in Bahia.
Weight
290 g – 400 g
Size
55 cm – 57 cm
Life expectancy
30 years
Diet
Herbivore
Feeds mainly on plants.
Activity
Diurnal
Active mainly during the day.
Social structure
In pairs
Usually lives in pairs, sometimes for life.
Sighting difficulty
In captivity only
Estimated population
Around 300 individuals in captivity and a few dozen reintroduced in Brazil
Sources consulted: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyanopsitta_spixii
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