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 ...

little blue macaws are highly desired as pets because people really like looking at blue birds. And blue they are: they have slender dark blue tails that are longer than their bodies, brilliant ...

In the film, the bright blue birds save their endangered species ... and Best Friends Magazine. The Spix’s Macaw, better known as Blu to Rio fans, has been wiped out. According to CBS News ...

Back in the real world, scientists in September 2018 recommended that the Spix’s macaw, also known as the “little blue macaw,” be reclassified from “critically endangered” to “extinct ...

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 ...

Scarlet macaws are a study in primary colors—fiery red, cadmium yellow and dark blue. Yet each has distinctive markings. The red on the macaw at the nest shaded in places to flame orange ...