Blue macaw parrot that inspired “Rio” is now officially extinct in the wild

In the animate movie "Rio," a Spix's Macaw named Blu travels to Minnesota towards Rio de Janeiro because he's the last male living of his species. That's the location where Jewel is the only living female. Blu and Jewel eventually fall in love and have an infant and the film concludes happily, with the belief that the true lovebirds will be able to save their race. In real life, however, Blu was way too far behind. A recent study from BirdLife International, the Do Birds Have Sex  global alliance of conservation organizations that strive to save bird species throughout the globe, shows that…