- Scientists develop newer quantitative measures for when a species has gone extinct - the Blue Macaw parrot (star of the 2011 animated film 'Rio') has gone extinct in the wild thanks to deforestation - the species nests in now-rare 200- to 300-year-old caraibeira trees https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/s0006320718308012 3 comments science
Linking pages
- 'Blu' macaw that inspired movie Rio one of eight bird species newly listed as extinct - ABC News http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-09-06/the-blue-macaw-that-inspired-the-movie-rio-added-to-extinct-list/10204286 387 comments
- Eight bird species are first confirmed avian extinctions this decade | Birds | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/sep/04/first-eight-bird-extinctions-of-the-21st-century-confirmed 71 comments
- Blue bird from 'Rio' movie now extinct in the wild | CNN https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/09/americas/rio-spix-blue-macaw-extinct-brazil/index.html 23 comments