{"id":2176,"date":"2017-06-30T09:02:04","date_gmt":"2017-06-30T09:02:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.pasopacifico.org\/?p=687"},"modified":"2024-08-14T12:27:59","modified_gmt":"2024-08-14T18:27:59","slug":"687-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pasopacifico.org\/687-2\/","title":{"rendered":"A 20-year Milestone for the Cyanoptera Macaw"},"content":{"rendered":"
Nicaragua is losing one of its most iconic and colorful species \u2013 the Cyanoptera macaw (Ara macao cyanoptera<\/em>). This subspecies of the scarlet macaw has a distinctive wing pattern and is critically endangered: by 2015, Nicaragua’s population had dwindled to a mere 14 birds!<\/p>\n So, with support from \u00a0Loro Parque Fundaci\u00f3n<\/a>, the\u00a0Brandywine Zoo<\/a>, Projets Plus Action<\/a>, and individual donors, Paso Pacifico has been working to rescue these macaws from the brink of extinction. Nicaragua’s last population is in the threatened dry tropical forests at Cosig\u00fcina in northern Nicaragua, so we focused on that area and\u00a0the local villages of El Rosario and La Salvia.<\/p>\n In addition to monitoring the macaws in the field, we launched an educational program that taught 35 local children about the significance of the cyanoptera macaw and their habitat. The kids played games, painted, drew, saw videos, and even experienced theater\u00a0through an official mascot\u2014Macaito!<\/span><\/p>\n