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For ‘extinct’ Spix’s macaw, successful comeback is overshadowed by uncertainty
The Spix’s macaw, one of the world’s most threatened parrots, disappeared from the wild at the turn of the millennium due to the illegal pet trade and habitat degradation in its native Brazil. In 2022, a reintroduction program finally released the first …