Spix's Macaw

In December 1897 the Reverend F.G. Dutton lamented that there are so many calls on a parson's purse, that he cannot always treat himself to expensive parrots. He was hoping to purchase a Spix's Macaw, a rare and beautiful parrot found in a remote area of Brazil. Today, the parson's search would be in vain. By the turn of the millennium only one survivor, a lone male, existed in the wild.