Description of Chapter Nineteen


Problems and options in macaw conservation

Jørgen B. Thomsen

Directs threats to macaws, threats to macaw habitat, the most endangered macaws, potential conservation options.

Charles A. Munn-The Blue-throated Macaw in the Wild

The first research observations in the wild along with photos.

Neil Rettig-The Harpy Eagle: An occasional predator of macaws

Harpy Eagles are often presumed to prey on macaws. This research disputes previous findings.

Marc Boussekey, Jean Saint-Pie, Olivier Morvan-Food and Feeding of the Red-fronted Macaw in the Rio Caine Valley, Bolivia

A discussion of the typical diet of the Red-fronted Macaw in the wild.

Robin Bjork and George V.N. Powell-Buffon's Macaw: Some observations on the Costa Rican population, its lowland forest habitat and conservation.

Results of the first information of Buffon's Macaws in the wild.

Categories and criteria of threat (Mace and Lande 1990)



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