There were only 70 Lear’s macaw in the wild in the 1980s
Native to Brazil, the beautiful blue Lear’s Macaw was a popular victim of the pet trade. From the end of the 1970s to the late 1980s, the Lear’s Macaw population dropped significantly, to the point of there being only 70 known birds in the wild, according to the American Bird Conservancy.
