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The species is now considered extinct in the wild, although some of the birds survive in breeding programs. While the vast majority of bird extinctions in recent centuries have occurred on isolated islands, five of the eight highlighted by this study occurred in South America — four in Brazil alone — a tragic statement on the impact of deforestation in that part of the world.
Today, in the face of human-caused climate change , the rampant expansion of urban areas, and increasingly extreme weather events, many of the world's animals are truly in an adapt or die situation.
Now, however, they're fighting for their lives. Evolutionary changes that once unfolded over hundreds of thousands of years are now happening much more rapidly, right in front of our eyes. And conservationists, like those at BirdLife International, are working tirelessly to protect the world's animals in the face of that.
While three other bird species named in the study— the Cryptic Treehunter, the Alagoas Foliage-gleaner and the Poo-uli, formerly of Hawaii —have now succumbed to that fight, there is still hope for a number of bird species that the report reclassifies as Critically Endangered. Some of the birds still live in captivity, but the brilliantly colored fliers are no longer found in their natural habitat. This sad news is made even more tragic by the plot of Rio, which imagined a happier ending for the birds.
In the film the main characters, Blu and Jewel, both the last of their species, find each other and have a baby, helping to keep their kind alive. Based on the study by the conservation group, seven other bird species were listed as likely extinct as well, reports Abc. Five of the species now missing from the world came from the mainland of South America, highlighting how widespread deforestation across the continent is affecting animals and nature.
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