![Andre Penner Local farmer Maria de Lourdes Oliveira, whose family leased part of their land for reforestation displays her souvenirs featuring Spix's macaws in Curaca, Bahia state, Brazil, Tuesday, March 12, 2024. A South African couple is reintroducing the Spix’s macaw to nature through breeding and reintroduction efforts. "I cried when I saw them going to freedom and flapping their wings.” (AP Photo/Andre Penner)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/58ae7a66d87049ff9f656a7298a90e16/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Local farmer Maria de Lourdes Oliveira, whose family leased part of their land for reforestation displays her souvenirs featuring Spix's macaws in Curaca, Bahia state, Brazil, Tuesday, March 12, 2024. A South African couple is reintroducing the Spix’s macaw to nature through breeding and reintroduction efforts. "I cried when I saw them going to freedom and flapping their wings.” (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
![Andre Penner Spix's macaws soar over a breeding facility project in their native habitat in a rural area of Curaca, Bahia state, Brazil, Tuesday, March 12, 2024. A South African couple is reintroducing the Spix’s macaw to nature through breeding and reintroduction efforts. Despite challenges such as habitat loss, climate change and government disagreements, they are working with local communities to return the bird to its native habitat. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/da32462ba4fb45b399c1a89bb76c71bd/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Spix's macaws soar over a breeding facility project in their native habitat in a rural area of Curaca, Bahia state, Brazil, Tuesday, March 12, 2024. A South African couple is reintroducing the Spix’s macaw to nature through breeding and reintroduction efforts. Despite challenges such as habitat loss, climate change and government disagreements, they are working with local communities to return the bird to its native habitat. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
![Andre Penner A Spix's macaw soars over a breeding facility project in its native habitat in a rural area of Curaca, Bahia state, Brazil, Tuesday, March 12, 2024. There are approximately 360 critically endangered Spix's macaws in captivity worldwide and very few are living in the wild in Brazil. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/2640cfcbc30e471aad27ddf4b73e1adc/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
A Spix's macaw soars over a breeding facility project in its native habitat in a rural area of Curaca, Bahia state, Brazil, Tuesday, March 12, 2024. There are approximately 360 critically endangered Spix's macaws in captivity worldwide and very few are living in the wild in Brazil. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
![Andre Penner A sign features Spix's macaws in the entrance of Curaca, Bahia state, Brazil, Tuesday, March 12, 2024. There are approximately 360 critically endangered Spix's macaws in captivity worldwide and very few are living in the wild in Brazil. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/467740bd79d944b9aa42f18ac1fd35f4/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
A sign features Spix's macaws in the entrance of Curaca, Bahia state, Brazil, Tuesday, March 12, 2024. There are approximately 360 critically endangered Spix's macaws in captivity worldwide and very few are living in the wild in Brazil. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
![Andre Penner Spix's macaws perform their mating rituals on tree branches in a breeding facility project in their native habitat in a rural area of Curaca, Bahia state, Brazil, Monday, March 11, 2024. A South African couple is reintroducing the Spix’s macaw to nature through breeding and reintroduction efforts. Despite challenges such as habitat loss, climate change and government disagreements, they are working with local communities to return the bird to its native habitat. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/ea3e99059d584d87bdf0cf2facb30a3c/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Spix's macaws perform their mating rituals on tree branches in a breeding facility project in their native habitat in a rural area of Curaca, Bahia state, Brazil, Monday, March 11, 2024. A South African couple is reintroducing the Spix’s macaw to nature through breeding and reintroduction efforts. Despite challenges such as habitat loss, climate change and government disagreements, they are working with local communities to return the bird to its native habitat. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
![Andre Penner Spix's macaws soar over a breeding facility project in their native habitat in a rural area of Curaca, Bahia state, Brazil, Tuesday, March 12, 2024. There are approximately 360 critically endangered Spix's macaws in captivity worldwide and very few are living in the wild in Brazil. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/44361e4e7072496296602e1e613418cd/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Spix's macaws soar over a breeding facility project in their native habitat in a rural area of Curaca, Bahia state, Brazil, Tuesday, March 12, 2024. There are approximately 360 critically endangered Spix's macaws in captivity worldwide and very few are living in the wild in Brazil. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
![Andre Penner Biologist Cromwell Purchase helps his wife Candice walk on a dry stream at the Spix's macaws breeding facility project in a rural area of Curaca, Bahia state, Brazil, Monday, March 11, 2024. The South African couple is reintroducing the Spix’s macaw to nature through breeding and reintroduction efforts. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/43cc50d8b8014e8f8eaf430e81e6b612/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Biologist Cromwell Purchase helps his wife Candice walk on a dry stream at the Spix's macaws breeding facility project in a rural area of Curaca, Bahia state, Brazil, Monday, March 11, 2024. The South African couple is reintroducing the Spix’s macaw to nature through breeding and reintroduction efforts. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
![Andre Penner The Spix's macaws breeding facility is visible in a rural area of Curaca, Bahia state, Brazil, Tuesday, March 12, 2024. A South African couple is reintroducing the Spix’s macaw to nature through breeding and reintroduction efforts. Despite challenges such as habitat loss, climate change and government disagreements, they are working with local communities to return the bird to its native habitat. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/f28df6c1ca3f45098e16517b0f823103/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
The Spix's macaws breeding facility is visible in a rural area of Curaca, Bahia state, Brazil, Tuesday, March 12, 2024. A South African couple is reintroducing the Spix’s macaw to nature through breeding and reintroduction efforts. Despite challenges such as habitat loss, climate change and government disagreements, they are working with local communities to return the bird to its native habitat. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
![Andre Penner A Spix's macaw lands on a tree in a breeding facility project in its native habitat in a rural area of Curaca, Bahia state, Brazil, Tuesday, March 12, 2024. A South African couple is reintroducing the Spix’s macaw to nature through breeding and reintroduction efforts. Despite challenges such as habitat loss, climate change and government disagreements, they are working with local communities to return the bird to its native habitat. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/f4a5bc8f97ad4801a4b5b3d0928b6bf4/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
A Spix's macaw lands on a tree in a breeding facility project in its native habitat in a rural area of Curaca, Bahia state, Brazil, Tuesday, March 12, 2024. A South African couple is reintroducing the Spix’s macaw to nature through breeding and reintroduction efforts. Despite challenges such as habitat loss, climate change and government disagreements, they are working with local communities to return the bird to its native habitat. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
![Andre Penner Spix's macaws perform their mating rituals on tree branches in a breeding facility project in their native habitat in a rural area of Curaca, Bahia state, Brazil, Monday, March 11, 2024. There are approximately 360 critically endangered Spix's macaws in captivity worldwide and very few are living in the wild in Brazil. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/7c50490e262949e0b08a4be7ba74b217/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Spix's macaws perform their mating rituals on tree branches in a breeding facility project in their native habitat in a rural area of Curaca, Bahia state, Brazil, Monday, March 11, 2024. There are approximately 360 critically endangered Spix's macaws in captivity worldwide and very few are living in the wild in Brazil. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
![Andre Penner Spix's macaws soar over a breeding facility project in their native habitat in a rural area of Curaca, Bahia state, Brazil, Tuesday, March 12, 2024. There are approximately 360 critically endangered Spix's macaws in captivity worldwide and very few are living in the wild in Brazil. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/b2655eab677c4b20bc3f199e54beace6/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Spix's macaws soar over a breeding facility project in their native habitat in a rural area of Curaca, Bahia state, Brazil, Tuesday, March 12, 2024. There are approximately 360 critically endangered Spix's macaws in captivity worldwide and very few are living in the wild in Brazil. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
![Andre Penner Goats look for food in a semi-arid area next to a Spix's macaws breeding facility project in a rural area of Curaca, Bahia state, Brazil, Tuesday, March 12, 2024. To mitigate the impacts of desertification, the German parrot nonprofit partnered with a private company, Blue Sky Caatinga, to promote reforestation of in the territory of Spix’s macaw. This initiative involves engaging small farmers who heavily depend on goat raising. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/27b13ea8808f42bba03d1f7533c5f755/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Goats look for food in a semi-arid area next to a Spix's macaws breeding facility project in a rural area of Curaca, Bahia state, Brazil, Tuesday, March 12, 2024. To mitigate the impacts of desertification, the German parrot nonprofit partnered with a private company, Blue Sky Caatinga, to promote reforestation of in the territory of Spix’s macaw. This initiative involves engaging small farmers who heavily depend on goat raising. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
![Andre Penner A Spix's macaw perches in a tree in a breeding facility project in its native habitat in a rural area of Curaca, Bahia state, Brazil, Tuesday, March 12, 2024. A South African couple is reintroducing the Spix’s macaw to nature through breeding and reintroduction efforts. Despite challenges such as habitat loss, climate change and government disagreements, they are working with local communities to return the bird to its native habitat. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/ff11f2b36a6f46b5b24fc201f3a58705/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
A Spix's macaw perches in a tree in a breeding facility project in its native habitat in a rural area of Curaca, Bahia state, Brazil, Tuesday, March 12, 2024. A South African couple is reintroducing the Spix’s macaw to nature through breeding and reintroduction efforts. Despite challenges such as habitat loss, climate change and government disagreements, they are working with local communities to return the bird to its native habitat. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
![Andre Penner A 21-day-old Spix's macaw chick is carried in a basket into its incubator at a breeding facility project in its native habitat in a rural area of Curaca, Bahia state, Brazil, Monday, March 11, 2024. A South African couple is reintroducing the Spix’s macaw to nature through breeding and reintroduction efforts. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/74cad9de4fb542be9946434a6e7d17b0/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
A 21-day-old Spix's macaw chick is carried in a basket into its incubator at a breeding facility project in its native habitat in a rural area of Curaca, Bahia state, Brazil, Monday, March 11, 2024. A South African couple is reintroducing the Spix’s macaw to nature through breeding and reintroduction efforts. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)