{"id":34405,"date":"2021-12-15T00:17:09","date_gmt":"2021-12-15T06:17:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/?p=34405"},"modified":"2025-09-24T12:41:38","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T17:41:38","slug":"lafebers-global-parrot-conservation-spotlight-the-macaw-recovery-network-in-costa-rica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/lafebers-global-parrot-conservation-spotlight-the-macaw-recovery-network-in-costa-rica\/","title":{"rendered":"Lafeber\u2019s Global Parrot Conservation Spotlight: The Macaw Recovery Network In Costa Rica"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/macawrecoverynetwork.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Macaw Recovery Network<\/a> (MRN) has a long history of saving parrots from the edge of extinction. Headquartered and registered in Costa Rica, it leads and executes an impressive number of growing projects. However, the larger admirable goal of MRN is to continue expanding its collaborative network and projects across the Americas. The name says it all \u2014 to build strength through collaboration with other conservation programs, and with people who cherish the preservation of parrots in the wild.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_34407\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34407\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-34407 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/MG_9363-copy-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"scarlet macaw perched on branch outside holding food in one foot\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/MG_9363-copy-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/MG_9363-copy-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/MG_9363-copy-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/MG_9363-copy-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/MG_9363-copy.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-34407\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">photo courtesy Macaw Recovery Network<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Its main conservation programs involve:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>breeding for reintroduction to natural habitats<\/li>\n<li>monitoring and research of wild parrot populations<\/li>\n<li>habitat protection and restoration<\/li>\n<li>community empowerment<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>MRN has developed strong programs in each of these key areas. Following are some examples.<\/p>\n<h3>Protecting Wild Populations<\/h3>\n<p>In Costa Rica, MRN teams are monitoring and protecting the critically endangered <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iucnredlist.org\/species\/22685553\/172908289\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">great green macaw<\/a> across Costa Rica, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iucnredlist.org\/species\/22685563\/93079992\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">scarlet macaws<\/a> in Guanacaste province, and the endangered <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iucnredlist.org\/species\/22686342\/180373727\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">yellow-naped Amazon<\/a> across its range in Costa Rica. Since habitat loss and poaching continue to cause the greatest risks, MRN teams are developing strategies to prevent both of these in the future.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_34411\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34411\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-34411 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/photos_birds_ynap_wild_2021_-205-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"yellow-naped Amazon parrot perched on tree branch looking down at camera\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/photos_birds_ynap_wild_2021_-205-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/photos_birds_ynap_wild_2021_-205-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/photos_birds_ynap_wild_2021_-205-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/photos_birds_ynap_wild_2021_-205-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/photos_birds_ynap_wild_2021_-205.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-34411\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wild yellow-naped Amazon; image courtesy Macan Recovery Network<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_34410\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34410\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-34410 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/photos_birds_ynap_wild_2021_-2-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"yellow-naped Amazon parrot perched on branch of flowering bush outside\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/photos_birds_ynap_wild_2021_-2-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/photos_birds_ynap_wild_2021_-2-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/photos_birds_ynap_wild_2021_-2.jpeg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-34410\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yellow-naped Amazon; image courtesy Macaw Recovery Network<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>Breeding For Reintroduction<\/h3>\n<p>Despite obstacles for funding and staffing during the pandemic, MRN is still planning to release 28 great green macaw juveniles and 13 scarlet macaw juveniles in 2022. These reintroductions aim to restore populations to areas where those species have gone extinct.<\/p>\n<h3>Habitat Loss<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_34412\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34412\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-34412 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/photos_habitat_other_2015_-3_mountain-almond-tree-from-house-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"mountain almond trees growing in the wild in a forest\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/photos_habitat_other_2015_-3_mountain-almond-tree-from-house-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/photos_habitat_other_2015_-3_mountain-almond-tree-from-house-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/photos_habitat_other_2015_-3_mountain-almond-tree-from-house.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-34412\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Great green macaws rely heavily on the endangered mountain almond tree as their primary source of food and nesting. Image courtesy Macaw Recovery Network<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Some parrot species have evolved to eat very specialized diets, so any loss of these food groups can make repopulation even harder. For example, the endangered mountain almond tree is a primary source of food and nesting (about 85% of its diet &amp; 90% of known nests are in this tree!) for the great green macaw. Funded through a crowdfunding campaign, MRN brilliantly created a native tree nursery in 2020 to germinate native trees and plant seedlings, those most needed for parrot populations to grow and thrive.<\/p>\n<h3>Community Outreach<\/h3>\n<p>In 2021, ten women who lost their jobs during the pandemic were recruited to form the Women Rangers in the town of Boca Tapada. They were trained and each assigned to monitor their own great green macaw pair, which involved many early mornings during an entire breeding season. And now, through ongoing funding made available by the Disney Foundation, they are building another native tree nursery in their local town, and taking on the challenge to work with local schools to regrow the forests that were lost in recent years.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_34408\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34408\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-34408 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_9280-copy-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"woman planting a native tree that is needed by great green macaws \" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_9280-copy-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_9280-copy-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_9280-copy-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_9280-copy-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_9280-copy.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-34408\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A woman ranger plants a tree as part of a native tree nursery for great green macaws. Image courtesy Macaw Recovery Network<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This year, the Macaw Recovery Network began planning the expansion of its network beyond Costa Rica, a very laudable goal! To succeed in parrot conservation, we must work together for the common goal of preserving species and habitats, and build more opportunities for their populations to grow.<\/p>\n<p>Lafeber\u2019s $500 GLOBAL PARROT conservation grant this month goes to help the pre-release assessments of the juveniles to ensure each individual bird is a suitable candidate for a life in the wild. If you would also like to help, you can make a donation to the <a href=\"https:\/\/macawrecoverynetwork.org\/support-our-cause\/donate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Macaw Recovery Network<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lafeber\u2019s latest Conservation Spotlight takes us to Costa Rica, where the Macaw Recovery Network (MRN) and its teams of volunteers are monitoring and protecting the critically endangered great green macaw across Costa Rica, scarlet macaws in Guanacaste province, and the endangered yellow-naped Amazon across its range in Costa Rica.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9047,"featured_media":34407,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[211,171,207],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34405","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-editor-choice","category-everyday","category-product-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Lafeber\u2019s Global Parrot Conservation Spotlight: The Macaw Recovery Network In Costa Rica &#8211; Pet Birds by Lafeber Co.<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Lafeber\u2019s Conservation Spotlight gives a grant to the Macaw Recovery Network for its work to save great green macaws, scarlet macaws, and yellow-naped Amazons.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/lafebers-global-parrot-conservation-spotlight-the-macaw-recovery-network-in-costa-rica\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lafeber\u2019s Global Parrot Conservation Spotlight: The Macaw Recovery Network In Costa Rica &#8211; Pet Birds by Lafeber Co.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Lafeber\u2019s Conservation Spotlight gives a grant to the Macaw Recovery Network for its work to save great green macaws, scarlet macaws, and yellow-naped Amazons.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/lafebers-global-parrot-conservation-spotlight-the-macaw-recovery-network-in-costa-rica\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Lafeber\u00ae Pet Birds\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-12-15T06:17:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-09-24T17:41:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/MG_9363-copy.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1333\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ann Brooks\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ann Brooks\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lafeber.com\\\/pet-birds\\\/lafebers-global-parrot-conservation-spotlight-the-macaw-recovery-network-in-costa-rica\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lafeber.com\\\/pet-birds\\\/lafebers-global-parrot-conservation-spotlight-the-macaw-recovery-network-in-costa-rica\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Ann Brooks\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lafeber.com\\\/pet-birds\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/1fad6c0514917932c67ea6aebe710035\"},\"headline\":\"Lafeber\u2019s Global Parrot Conservation Spotlight: The Macaw Recovery Network In Costa Rica\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-12-15T06:17:09+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-09-24T17:41:38+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lafeber.com\\\/pet-birds\\\/lafebers-global-parrot-conservation-spotlight-the-macaw-recovery-network-in-costa-rica\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":606,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lafeber.com\\\/pet-birds\\\/lafebers-global-parrot-conservation-spotlight-the-macaw-recovery-network-in-costa-rica\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lafeber.com\\\/pet-birds\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/12\\\/MG_9363-copy.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Editor Choice\",\"Everyday\",\"Lafeber Co. 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