Editing Macaw (section)

== Extinctions and conservation status ==
[[File:Anonimo portoghese, carta navale per le isole nuovamente trovate in la parte dell'india (de cantino), 1501-02 (bibl. estense) 03.jpg|thumb|The Brazilian coast in the 1502 [[Cantino planisphere]], possibly the earliest European depiction of macaws]]
The majority of macaws are now endangered in the wild and a few are [[extinction|extinct]]. The [[Spix's macaw]] is now probably extinct in the wild. The [[glaucous macaw]] is also probably extinct, with only two reliable records of sightings in the 20th century. The greatest problems threatening the macaw population are the rapid rate of [[deforestation]] and illegal trapping for the bird trade.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YBWYK1BDCo0C|title=Parrots: Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan 2000–2004|isbn=978-2-83170504-0|year=2000
|editor1=Snyder, N.|editor2= McGowan, P.|editor3= Gilardi, J. |editor4= Grajal, A.|location= Gland, Switzerland, and Cambridge, UK|publisher= IUCN}}</ref> Prehistoric Native Americans in the American Southwest farmed macaws in establishments known as "feather factories".<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Watson|first=Traci|title=Prehistoric Native Americans farmed macaws in 'feather factories.'|url=http://www.nature.com/news/prehistoric-native-americans-farmed-macaws-in-feather-factories-1.21803|journal=Nature|language=en|doi=10.1038/nature.2017.21803|year=2017|s2cid=164761495}}</ref>

[[International trade]] of all macaw species is regulated by the [[CITES|Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna]] (CITES). Some species of macaws—the scarlet macaw (''Ara macao'') as an example—are listed in the CITES Appendix I and may not be lawfully traded for commercial purposes. Other species, such as the red-shouldered macaw (''Diopsittaca nobilis''), are listed in Appendix II and may legally be traded commercially provided that certain controls are in place, including a non-detriment finding, establishment of an export quota, and issuing of export permits.