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Rare blue bird, depicted in ‘Rio,’ now extinct in the wild, study says
In the movie, two birds named Blu and Jewel are depicted as the last remaining blue macaws and pushed to procreate. Spix's macaws are one species of several kinds of blue parrots. The study used a new ...
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Blue bird from ‘Rio’ movie now extinct in the wild - WREG.com
The Spix’s macaw is one of eight bird species, half of them in Brazil, confirmed extinct or suspected extinct in the report from BirdLife International.
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Juliet, last wild macaw in Rio de Janeiro, is lonely and looking for ...
Aside from Juliet, the last sighting of a blue-and-yellow macaw flying free in Rio was in 1818 by an Austrian naturalist, according to Marcelo Rheingantz, a biologist at the Federal University of ...
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Rare blue bird, depicted in ‘Rio,’ now extinct in the wild, study says
In the movie, two birds named Blu and Jewel are depicted as the last remaining blue macaws and pushed to procreate. Spix's macaws are one species of several kinds of blue parrots.
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Blue bird from 'Rio' movie now extinct in the wild
That doesn't mean all hope is lost for birds like Blu. The report says that although the species is extinct in the wild, 60 to 80 Spix's macaws still live in captivity.
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Juliet, last wild macaw in Rio de Janeiro, is lonely and looking for ...
RIO DE JANEIRO -- Some have claimed she's indulging a forbidden romance. More likely, loneliness compels her to seek company at Rio de Janeiro's zoo. Either way, a blue-and-yellow macaw that ...
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Blue bird from ‘Rio’ movie now extinct in the wild
Blue bird from ‘Rio’ movie now extinct in the wild by: CNN Wire Posted: Sep 9, 2018 / 07:25 PM CDT Updated: Sep 9, 2018 / 07:25 PM CDT ...
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Rare blue bird, depicted in ‘Rio,’ now extinct in the wild, study says
Updated: 10:32 PM EDT Sep 8, 2018 By David Taube PATRICK PLEUL/AFP/Getty Images Spix's macaws file photo SOURCE: PATRICK PLEUL/AFP/Getty Images Advertisement Rare blue bird, depicted in ‘Rio ...
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Blue bird from ‘Rio’ movie now extinct in the wild | WGN-TV
Blue bird from ‘Rio’ movie now extinct in the wild by: CNN Wire Posted: Sep 10, 2018 / 03:04 PM CDT Updated: Sep 10, 2018 / 03:04 PM CDT ...
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Rare blue bird, depicted in ‘Rio,’ now extinct in the wild, study says
The researchers, part of the bird conservation group BirdLife International, noted that Spix’s macaws survive in captivity, and there are long-term plans to reintroduce the species in the wild.
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Blue bird from ‘Rio’ movie now extinct in the wild - FOX 2
Blue bird from ‘Rio’ movie now extinct in the wild by: CNN Wires Posted: Sep 9, 2018 / 09:57 PM CDT Updated: Sep 9, 2018 / 09:57 PM CDT ...
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Rare blue bird, depicted in ‘Rio,’ now extinct in the wild, study says
Spix's macaws file photo SOURCE: PATRICK PLEUL/AFP/Getty Images Advertisement Rare blue bird, depicted in ‘Rio,’ now extinct in the wild, study says Updated: 8:32 PM MDT Sep 8, 2018 By David Taube ...