Singaporeans will be able to catch a glimpse of two of the world's rarest macaws — the Lear's macaw and the Spix's macaw —  at the Jurong Bird Park in November this year.

The Lear's macaw is listed as an endangered species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Its population in the world numbers about 1,300. Past illegal poaching and habitat loss caused their numbers to decline.

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On the other hand, the Spix's macaw is so critically endangered, there are only about 100 of them left in the world — all bred in captivity.

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Thanks to a memorandum of agreement with Ministry of the Environment of Brazil, the Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation, the Al Wabra Wildlife Preservation, the Association for the Conservation of Threatened Parrots, Parrots International and Fazenda Cachoeira, our Jurong Bird Park will receive two Spix's macaws and four Lear's macaws.

The macaws will be with the Jurong Bird Park on a 10-year loan.

These endangered macaws will join the Jurong Bird Park's resident Hyacinth macaws. Together, they form the blue macaw family.

The Park will be the only place in the world that showcases the entire blue macaw family in existence.

Singaporeans can view the blue macaw exhibit from end November onwards at the Jurong Bird Park.

Top images courtesy of Wildlife Reserves Singapore. 

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