Puerto Vallarta and Mexico News

Puerto Vallarta and Mexico News

Nayarit macaws in danger of extinction due to illegal trafficking

The military green macaw, a bird native to the municipality of Bahía de Banderas, Nayarit, as well as Puerto Vallarta and Cabo Corrientes, is in danger due to illegal traffic and the destruction of forests and jungles in the region, said Rhoni Velasco, president of the Conservation group.

The activist asserted that the population of macaws or green parrots has been reduced in the region by more than 70 percent compared to the figures observed a few years ago "because their nesting areas have disappeared."

He stressed that macaws can live for more than . . .

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