In Bolivia, record births have been recorded among the vulnerable blue macaw parrots. A sign of hope after the terrible fires in the Amazon
The fires that have devastated the Amazon rainforest in recent months have caused the death of numerous plant and animal specimens, causing an enormous loss of biodiversity.
But today comes a small sign of encouragement and hope from the areas destroyed by the flames. Recent monitoring has indeed shown a record increase in births among blue macaws.
The Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus is a species considered vulnerable and included in the Red List of the International Union for Conservation of Nature, which currently has only 4300 specimens of this blue parrot.
The annual monitoring of the blue macaw population was carried out in the first half of September by members of the Loros Bolivia Conservation Foundation (CLB) and the protection body of the San Matías Integrated Natural Management Area (ANMI), associations that have been working for the conservation of the blue macaw since 2014.
In Bolivia there are now only 300 blue macaws and since the species nests inside trees, it was feared that the fires had compromised the ability to reproduce for these splendid parrots.
During the inspections carried out on 807 kilometers of forest in the San Matias area, in Bolivia, tfound ten nests, for a total of ten eggs not yet hatched eqfour little blue macaws already born.
It is a great news, which was covered by all the national media and not because it is of fundamental importance for the ecosystem of the forest, as well as a sign of hope.
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The monitoring also made it possible to observe several pairs of parrots and their behavior suggests that they are ready to reproduce.
Researchers will continue to monitor the area but for the moment it appears that the blue macaws have weathered the fires well and despite adversity they managed to survive and reproduce.
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Tatiana Maselli
Photo credit: The Region
