Virus outbreak deepens rift over return of Spix’s macaw to Brazil
via news.mongabay.com
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CURAÇÁ, Brazil — Under the scorching sun of Brazil’s semiarid Caatinga shrubland, squawks tear through the skies, signaling the arrival of one of the most threatened bird species in the world. Quickly, the unmistakable blue silhouettes fly overhead. It’s the Spix’s macaw (Cyanopsitta spixii), a species declared extinct in the wild in 2000 and now […]