# Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Two Foreign Macaw Species
> **US Fish and Wildlife Service** · Final rule. · Published 2015-10-02 · Effective 2015-11-02 · 80 FR 59976
## Document
- **Document number:** 2015-24820
- **Category:** endangered-species
- **Sub-agency:** US Fish and Wildlife Service
- **Federal Register citation:** 80 FR 59976
- **CFR reference:** 50 CFR 17
- **Publication date:** 2015-10-02
- **Effective date:** 2015-11-02
- **Interior docket:** Docket No. FWS-R9-ES-2011-0101
## Abstract

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), are listing the military macaw (Ara militaris) and the great green macaw (Ara ambiguus) as endangered under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (ESA). These species are both endemic to Central and South America. Despite conservation efforts, these species' populations are in decline, primarily due to habitat loss, fragmentation, and degradation; small population size; poaching; and regulatory mechanisms that are inadequate to ameliorate these threats throughout their ranges.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2015/10/02/2015-24820/endangered-and-threatened-wildlife-and-plants-two-foreign-macaw-species)
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