Three young Spix's macaws are pictured in the Association for the Conservation of Threatened Parrots in 2015, in Schoeneiche near Berlin. (Patrick Pleul/Associated Press) Butchart spoke with As it ...

A rare species of parrot which featured in popular animated film Rio is one of eight which are 'imminently' set to go extinct, experts have warned. The Spix's Macaw will have its extinction confirmed ...

If you saw the movie Rio, you’ll remember the main characters, Blu and Jewel. In the film, they are the last known birds of their kind, called the Spix’s macaw. (20th Century Fox and Blue Sky ...

LONDON, Sept. 6 (Xinhua) -- In the 2011 animated film Rio, Blu, a domesticated Spix's macaw, fell in love with Jewel, a wild member of his species, but according to a new study, Blu was unlikely to ...

Researchers with BirdLife International, using a new statistical method to analyze available data for dozens of bird species classified as critically endangered by the International Union for ...

The Spix's Macaw, the Brazilian blue parrot that inspired the hero of the 2011 animated movie Rio, is one of eight bird species that are now believed to be extinct in the wild. The study that ...