One of the little blue parrots inspired the 2011 hit animated kids' movie Rio. Now they're on a list of eight bird species that scientists say have disappeared in the past decade.

A rare species of parrot which featured in popular animated film Rio is one of eight which are 'imminently' set to go extinct, experts have warned. The Spix's Macaw will have its extinction ...

A TALKATIVE African grey parrot is back home after making a bid for freedom into the Scottish countryside. Anne Ferguson, 76, hatched Rio the parrot and his partner Lola around eight years ago.