The Brazilian blue bird that became well known from the 20th Century Fox movie “Rio”, is now confirmed to be extinct in the wild. BirdLife International’s chief scientist, Dr. Stuart Butchart, spoke up about the ongoing situation, “Ninety percent of bird extinctions in recent centuries have been of species on islands”, he also stated that “our results concluded to a wave of extinctions across continents,” the main cause is said to be major deforestation throughout the Amazon Jungle, and degradation from unsustainable agriculture and logging.

Though the Spix’s Macaw is said to be extinct in the wild, here’s said to be about 60-80 Blu’s still alive in captivity. Hopefully, this species can be revived, possibly through tactics used in the 2011 film “Rio”.