The red-fronted macaws — a rare and endangered species of parrots native to Bolivia — recently arrived at the facility and were paired off in hopes that they breed, per the release.

Two red-fronted macaws (stock image). getty "When he hatched last year, it was the first time in over 15 years that the species had been successfully bred at the zoo,” McKie, an assistant bird ...

The red-fronted macaw inhabits inter-Andean dry forest valleys, in the departments of Santa Cruz, Cochabamba, Chuquisaca and Potosí. “They are culturally diverse and with different customs.