In the film, the bright blue birds save their ... and Best Friends Magazine. The Spix’s Macaw, better known as Blu to Rio fans, has been wiped out. According to CBS News, a new study by BirdLife ...

The tribulations of an affable Spix’s macaw (Cyanopsitta spixii) named “Blu” are the focus of the "Rio" franchise of movies. Blu in the movie is the last known male of his species ...

The Spix’s macaw achieved onscreen fame in 20th Century ... from unsustainable agriculture and logging.” In the 2011 movie, Blu was raised in captivity and travels from Minnesota to Brazil ...

Walt Disney considered making a movie about Reynard since at least ... is that Rio—a tale about the last remaining blue Spix Macaws on the planet who are forced together to save the species ...

Here’s how it works. In the 2011 film Rio, a male blue macaw – one of the most endangered species on Earth – is discovered living in Minnesota and is flown all the way down to Rio de Janeiro ...

The Spix’s macaw achieved onscreen fame in 20th Century ... from unsustainable agriculture and logging.” In the 2011 movie, Blu was raised in captivity and travels from Minnesota to Brazil ...