Video: Feeding Rarest Baby Parrot

The Spix macaw is extinct in the wild.  Here a biologist at Loro Parque hand feeds a newly-hatched Spix chick.  For severely endangered birds, biologists raise the young through the first critical days to avoid accidental death in a nest.  Are you surprised at how the brand new chick looks?

Dr. Matthias Reinschmidt hand feeds a newly hatched Spix’s macaw chick at Loro Parque

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