The Spix’s Macaw (Cyanopsitta spixii) is listed as Extinct in the Wild due to habitat destruction and illegal trapping. In 1990, the World Parrot Trust funded a survey for Spix’s Macaws remaining in Brazil.  One last bird was discovered in the search; by 2000 it had disappeared. In 2002, a captive Spix’s Macaw was found living in the United States by a parrot enthusiast. After an intense five-month effort by the WPT, the rescuer and veterinarians, geneticists and government officials, the macaw named Presley was returned to its native Brazil to join a breeding program in Recife, after about 25 years in captivity in the US. He was paired for a time with a female, but no breeding occurred. There are hundreds of birds in private hands, with one facility conducting releases into the wild.