The lovebirds featured in the 2011 film "Rio" are Spix's macaws, which are native to a different region of Brazil and possibly extinct in the wild.

Birds come in all colors, sizes, and behaviors, but some are extraordinary due to their rarity, beauty, and uniqueness. Here ...

CURACA, Brazil -- 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 past ...

A sign features Spix's macaws in the entrance of Curaca, Bahia state, Brazil, Tuesday, March 12, 2024. There are approximately 360 critically endangered Spix's macaws in captivity worldwide and ...

Spix’s macaws soar over a breeding facility project in their native habitat in a rural area of Curaca, Bahia state, Brazil, Tuesday, March 12, 2024. There are approximately 360 critically ...

Threats that had devastated the Spix’s macaws still loom and now the species’ original territory overlaps what has recently been officially designated Brazil’s first arid climate region.

In Brazil’s Northeast, a South African couple is reintroducing the Spix’s macaw to nature through breeding and reintroduction efforts, according to officials.

In Brazil’s Northeast, a South African couple is reintroducing the Spix’s macaw to nature through breeding and reintroduction efforts ...

Recovery of Brazil's Spix's macaw, popularized in animated 'Rio' films, threatened by climate change By FABIANO MAISONNAVE, Associated Press Updated May 28, 2024 9:36 a.m.

A Spix's macaw lands on a tree in a breeding facility project in its native habitat in a rural area of Curaca, Bahia state, Brazil, Tuesday, March 12, 2024.

Spix's macaws soar over a breeding facility project in their native habitat in a rural area of Curaca, Bahia state, Brazil, Tuesday, March 12, 2024.