If you’re like me, you’ve been eagerly anticipating the release of captive-bred Spix’s little blue macaws, Cyanopsitta spixii, back into their ancestral home in Brazil. These parrots are amongst the ...

1010 WINS --These are the rarest birds in the world. The Wildlife Reserves Singapore just unveiled the Blue Spix's macaws and they're beautiful. According to the reserve, there are believed to be none ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Spix's macaw has been entirely extinct in the wild since the start of the century (Getty) (the_independent_577) A species of ...

This neglect may sadly mean the extinction of this bird.

CURACA, Brazil -- All Spix's macaws are majestically blue in the blazing sun of Brazil's Northeast, but each bird is distinct to Candice and Cromwell Purchase. As the parrots soar squawking past their ...

In the film, the bright blue birds save their endangered species Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013, covering pets, animal rescue and wildlife. The ...

Candice and Cromwell Purchase have dedicated their adult lives to saving the Spix’s macaw, a critically endangered species. Efforts to reintroduce Spix’s macaws into the wild have faced challenges, ...

In the animated film “Rio,” a Spix’s Macaw named Blu flies all the way from Minnesota to Rio de Janeiro because he’s the last living male of his species and that’s where Jewel, the last living female, ...

The Spix’s Macaw, the beautiful blue bird that inspired the movie “Rio,” is now extinct in the wild, according to a new study by BirdLife International. The findings cast a dark shadow over the lively ...

The Spix’s Macaw, better known as Blu to Rio fans, has been wiped out. This sad news is made even more tragic by the plot of Rio, which imagined a happier ending for the birds. In the film the main ...