Macaws in Brazilian Zoos

David Matos Mendes

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Enzo said:
The individual in Recife is the only one in Brazil, but Rio, as well as Brasília also kept some of these.
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Oh, I thought Rio still kept the species. So I think the destiny of it is to be phased out in a not too far future, as I have never heard about any plans to breed it around here...
 
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Enzo said:
They have one individual from each species; I hope both get sent to Rio. The Carioca zoo has already held blue-throated macaws, so I think they'd be a better choice for them. The spoonbill, on the other hand, could live in the African Savanna exhibit, along with the guineafowl, geese and cranes.
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Yes I hope that both of these will get sent to Rio or another zoo in the country, I'm sure there are others which have the blue throated macaw in the country, right ?

I can't remember where I've seen blue throated macaws here before certainly I've seen the other Bolivian macaw species the red fronted macaw in zoos though.
 
David Matos Mendes said:
Oh, I thought Rio still kept the species. So I think the destiny of it is to be phased out in a not too far future, as I have never heard about any plans to breed it around here...
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It would be a shame if they did phase it out, I mean there are captive populations of blue throated macaws in USA, Canada, Europe, Singapore etc but I do think Brazilian zoos can play a role in ex-situ of species from neighbouring South American countries too.
 
Onychorhynchus coronatus said:
Yes I hope that both of these will get sent to Rio or another zoo in the country, I'm sure there are others which have the blue throated macaw in the country, right ?

I can't remember where I've seen blue throated macaws here before certainly I've seen the other Bolivian macaw species the red fronted macaw in zoos though.
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I thought Rio kept blue throated, but Enzo said they no longer don't. This way, Im almost sure no other zoos in the country keeps them. São Paulo does keep Bolivian macaws. I've seen one in my visit last october:
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David Matos Mendes said:
I thought Rio kept blue throated, but Enzo said they no longer don't. São Paulo does keep Bolivian macaws. I've seen one in my visit last october:
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Yes, I remember seeing that bird in SP, I think that is a great green macaw (Ara ambiguus) though which is native to Colombia, Ecuador and Central America.

I can't remember whether they have the Bolivian red fronted macaw at SP but there is definitely an individual at Sorocaba.

The red fronted macaw at Sorocaba is quite a strange bird as it has formed a pair bond with a scarlett macaw, lol.
 
David Matos Mendes said:
I thought Rio kept blue throated, but Enzo said they no longer don't. This way, Im almost sure no other zoos in the country keeps them. São Paulo does keep Bolivian macaws. I've seen one in my visit last october:
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This is the military macaw but I think you meant the smaller one, right? São Paulo also keeps them if I remember well. I'm almost sure I saw them there.
 
Onychorhynchus coronatus said:
Yes I hope that both of these will get sent to Rio or another zoo in the country, I'm sure there are others which have the blue throated macaw in the country, right ?

I can't remember where I've seen blue throated macaws here before certainly I've seen the other Bolivian macaw species the red fronted macaw in zoos though.
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As far as I know, Rio and Brasília were the other holders in Brazil. Red-fronted macaws, different than their blue-throated relatives, are commonly kept at Brazilian zoos; I've seen them in Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Camboriú, and I think there is a zoo in Minas which holds them (Zoo das Aves in Poços de Caldas).
 
Enzo said:
As far as I know, Rio and Brasília were the other holders in Brazil. Red-fronted macaws, different than their blue-throated relatives, are commonly kept at Brazilian zoos; I've seen them in Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Camboriú, and I think there is a zoo in Minas which holds them (Zoo das Aves in Poços de Caldas).
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Zoo das aves indeed has a gigantic bird collection. There are probably specimens in there that are not kept in any other zoo in the country...
 
Enzo said:
As far as I know, Rio and Brasília were the other holders in Brazil. Red-fronted macaws, different than their blue-throated relatives, are commonly kept at Brazilian zoos; I've seen them in Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Camboriú, and I think there is a zoo in Minas which holds them (Zoo das Aves in Poços de Caldas).
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Yes, thats right.

I think you are right that the red fronted macaw is much more common, I can't remember the red fronted macaw at SP but in Sorocaba yes.
 
David Matos Mendes said:
This is the military macaw but I think you meant the smaller one, right? São Paulo also keeps them if I remember well. I'm almost sure I saw them there.
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Yes, sorry, you are absolutely right, it is a millitary macaw:


Yes, I mean this species, the ararinha-de-testa-vermelha / paraba frente roja :

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Honestly though with regards to both of these macaw species, the blue throated and the red fronted macaws, I do think Brazilian zoos could and should play a big role in their ex-situ.

There are major pressures on wild populations in Bolivia and Bolivian zoos are under a lot of pressure so Brazilian zoos could help with ex-situ.

Also I think it is great to have these birds in the bigger zoos of the country because they are ambassadors of species which are from neighbouring South American countries so do have educational value.
 
Enzo said:
Indeed; some other animals Brazilians zoos could keep would be both the mountain and Kabomani tapirs, as well as Colombian white-headed capuchins.
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Mountain tapirs, might be tricky to bring here I think but definitely there are many mammal and bird species from other South American countries which would benefit from ex-situ populations in the bigger Brazilian zoos.
 
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