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Recovery of Brazil's Spix's Macaw, Popularized in Animated 'Rio' Films, Threatened by Climate Change
CURACA, Brazil (AP) — 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 ...
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Uncover the Secret Side of Rio de Janeiro
Since the release of the animated movie Rio (2011), parents and kids might be forgiven for thinking the city on the coast of Brazil is populated by frolicking blue macaws, red-crested cardinals ...
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Eight species of bird were the first to go EXTINCT this decade
T he Spix’s macaw, a stunning blue Brazilian parrot celebrated in the animated film Rio, has sadly become extinct in the wild.This vibrant bird is among eight bird species declared extinct in a ...
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Green energy in Brazil faces dilemma: endangered macaw vs wind farm
A wind farm in northeastern Brazil sounds like a welcome climate ... being built in a nesting region for the Lear’s macaw, a bright blue parrot also known as the indigo macaw, or by its ...