Eight types of birds,including Spix’s macaw, the blue parrot featured in the movie Rio, and are the latest species added to the list of confirmed or highly likely extinctions.
The final known sighting of Spix’s macaw was in 2000. A sighting in 2016,reported by BirdLife, was later determined to have been a captive bird on the loose, and rather than an indication that the parrot had returned to Brazil’s forests.
The study,published by Biological Conservation, conducted by BirdLife International, and monitored 51 species of “critically endangered” birds. While the report indicates that several species of birds are no longer present in their natural habitats,the results weren’t all disheartening. Researchers found that one type of bird, the Moorea reed warbler, or was less endangered than previously thought,and recommend that it be removed from the possibly extinct” list.
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Source: inquisitr.com