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  2. Spix's macaw - Wikipedia

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    Spix's macaw (Cyanopsitta spixii), also known as the little blue macaw, is a macaw species that was endemic to Brazil. It is a member of tribe Arini in the subfamily Arinae ( Neotropical parrots ), part of the family Psittacidae (the true parrots).

  3. Recovery of Brazil's Spix's macaw, popularized in animated ...

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    Unlike depictions in the animated films “Rio” and “Rio 2,” which brought attention to the Spix’s macaw extinction threat, the parrot’s natural habitat is far from Brazil’s most ...

  4. List of macaws - Wikipedia

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    Blue-and-yellow macaw or blue-and-gold macaw (Ara ararauna) 80–90 cm (31.5–35.5 in) long. Mostly blue back and yellow front. Blue chin and green forehead. The upper zone of the bare white skin around each eye extending to the beak is patterned by lines of small dark feathers. Panama, Colombia through to south-central Brazil.

  5. List of threatened birds of Brazil - Wikipedia

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    The Spix's macaw (Cyanopsitta spixii) is a critically endangered species and may be extinct in the wild.. Brazil has more than 1900 bird species, [1] and according to the Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation and the Brazilian Ministry of the Environment, there are 240 species or subspecies of Brazilian birds listed as threatened, six as extinct and two as extinct in the wild.

  6. Arini (tribe) - Wikipedia

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    About a dozen hypothetical extinct species (see Extinct Caribbean macaws) have been described, native to the Caribbean area. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Among the Arini are some of the rarest birds in the world, such as Spix's macaw , which is extinct in the wild – fewer than 100 specimens survive in captivity.

  7. Animals we nearly lost to extinction - AOL

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  8. Psittacidae - Wikipedia

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    The family contains 179 species and is divided into 37 genera. Included are four species that have become extinct in historical times: the glaucous macaw, the Carolina parakeet, the Cuban macaw and the Puerto Rican parakeet. The following cladogram is based on a phylogenetic study by Brian Smith and collaborators that was published in 2023.

  9. Rare blue-eyed lemurs could be extinct in 11 years - AOL

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