Spix’s Macaw: The Race to Save the World’s Rarest BirdAn environmental parable for our times the story of a beautiful blue bird meeting its nemesis at the end of the 20th century. In December 1897 the Reverend F. G. Dutton lamented that there are so many calls on a parsons purse, that he cannot always treat himself to expensive parrots. He was hoping to purchase a Spixs Macaw, a rare and beautiful parrot found in a remote area of Brazil. Today, the parsons search would be in vain. By the turn of the