The Indigo Macaw is a large blue parrot of the dry Caatinga in Bahia, Brazil, where licuri palm nuts are its principal food.
Blue plumage contrasts with yellow bare skin around the eyes and at the base of the bill. It is smaller than the Hyacinth Macaw.
Lear’s Macaws live in northeastern Brazil’s dry landscapes. Licuri nuts are important food, while sandstone cliffs provide roosts and nesting sites.
They also eat maize. Crop-loss compensation and community work form part of the conservation project, linking bird protection with farmers’ livelihoods.
A reintroduced captive-bred pair has raised chicks in the wild. Fire and land-use change remain pressures, requiring work on birds, food resources, nesting sites and local cooperation.
IUCN Red List (conservation organisation account) · Endangered · Global
Loss of palms and habitat, fire, land-use change and trapping are threats. Recovery combines breeding and reintroduction with farmer compensation and community engagement.