Feathers fly in dispute over Ambani zoo's pursuit of rare parrot


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  • Friday, 19 Sep 2025

Spix's macaws are seen in the new Conservation Center at Sao Paulo?s Zoo, in Sao Paulo, Brazil May 3, 2024. REUTERS/Amanda Perobelli/File Photo

NEW DELHI/BRASILIA (Reuters) -This is a story about a bird and a family. But this is no ordinary bird, and this is no ordinary family.

Spix's macaw, a vivid-blue parrot with elaborate mating rituals, was declared extinct in the wild in 2019. A captive-breeding program has since seen some of the birds reintroduced to their native habitat in Brazil.

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