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  2. Spix's macaw - Wikipedia

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    A female Spix's macaw released from captivity at the site in 1995 was killed by collision with a power line after seven weeks. The last wild male disappeared from the site in October 2000; his disappearance was thought to have marked the extinction of this species in the wild. [19] However, wild Spix's macaws may have been sighted in 2016. [4]

  3. Anodorhynchus - Wikipedia

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    The genus, Anodorhynchus Spix, 1824 [5] is one of six genera of Central and South American macaws in tribe Arini of macaws, parakeets and closely related genera. The macaws and parakeets comprise the clade of long-tailed parrots which with sister clade the short-tailed Amazonian parrots and allies make up subfamily Arinae of Neotropical parrots in family Psittacidae of true parrots.

  4. Macaw - Wikipedia

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    A macaw's facial feather pattern is as unique as a fingerprint. [4] The largest macaws are the hyacinth, Buffon's (great green) and green-winged macaws. While still relatively large parrots, mini-macaws of the genera Cyanopsitta, Orthopsittaca and Primolius are significantly smaller than the members of Anodorhynchus and Ara.

  5. Recovery of Brazil's Spix's macaw, popularized in animated ...

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    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 their home, the ...

  6. List of macaws - Wikipedia

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    Great green macaw or Buffon's macaw (Ara ambiguus) 85–90 cm (33–36 in) long. Mostly green, red on forehead, green and blue wings [10] Central and South America, from Honduras to Ecuador: Blue-and-yellow macaw or blue-and-gold macaw (Ara ararauna) 80–90 cm (31.5–35.5 in) long. Mostly blue back and yellow front. Blue chin and green forehead.

  7. Hyacinth macaw - Wikipedia

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    The largest parrot by length in the world, the hyacinth macaw is 1 m (3 ft 3 in) long from the tip of its tail to the top of its head and weighs 1.2–1.7 kg (2 lb 10 oz – 3 lb 12 oz). [11] [12] Each wing is 38.8–42.5 cm (15 + 1 ⁄ 4 – 16 + 3 ⁄ 4 in) long. [11] The tail is long and pointed. [11] Its feathers are entirely blue, lighter ...

  8. Researchers map what world would look like without humans - AOL

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    Imagine life with no humans. One group of researchers has done exactly that -- and they even made a map to show how the world might look sans homo sapiens. SEE ALSO: California drought may ...

  9. Johann Baptist von Spix - Wikipedia

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    Spix described and named many birds, primates, bats, and reptiles. Altogether he described some 500 to 600 species and subspecies. Furthermore, several species are named after him. Among Spix's most renowned discoveries is the species Spix's macaw, named after the explorer by the German naturalist Georg Marcgrave. He died on 13 May 1826 in ...