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		<title>The Fate of the Spix&#8217;s Macaw</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Feb 2025 09:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<a href="https://critter.science/the-fate-of-the-spixs-macaw/" title="The Fate of the Spix&#8217;s Macaw" rel="nofollow"><img width="300" height="130" src="https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/sm1a-300x130.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="Spix&#039;s macaw" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="1" decoding="async" srcset="https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/sm1a-300x130.jpg 300w, https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/sm1a-800x347.jpg 800w, https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/sm1a-scaled.jpg 900w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a><p>This article was originally published on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://critter.science">Critter Science</a>.</p>
<p>The Spix&#x2019;s macaw, aka little blue macaw, is a beautiful parrot species that was originally found only in Brazil. Due to the threats of habitat loss and destruction at the hands of farming, ranching, renewable energy, and logging (both legal and illegal); hunting; trapping; and invasive species, that lead to [&#x2026;]</p>
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		<title>The Eurasian Bullfinch</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[<a href="https://critter.science/the-eurasian-bullfinch/" title="The Eurasian Bullfinch" rel="nofollow"><img width="300" height="150" src="https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/eb1a-300x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="Eurasian bullfinch" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="1" decoding="async" srcset="https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/eb1a-300x150.jpg 300w, https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/eb1a-800x400.jpg 800w, https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/eb1a-scaled.jpg 900w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a><p>This article was originally published on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://critter.science">Critter Science</a>.</p>
<p>Ranging from Europe to Japan, the Eurasian bullfinch is a <a class="glossaryLink" aria-describedby="tt" data-cmtooltip="&#60;div class=glossaryItemTitle&#62;passerine&#60;/div&#62;&#60;div class=glossaryItemBody&#62;Any bird of the order Passeriformes that includes more than half of all bird species. Also known as perching birds, passerines generally have an anisodactyl arrangement of their toes (3 pointing forward and 1 back), which facilitates perching. There are more than 140 families and some 6,500 identified species, making the passerines the most numerous of the bird species.Passerines are divided into 3 suborders: New Zealand wrens; diverse birds found only in North and South America; and songbirds.&#60;/div&#62;" href="https://critter.science/glossary/passerine/" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{"attribute":"data-cmtooltip", "format":"html"}]' tabindex="0" role="link">passerine</a> bird (perching or song bird) that loves seeds and flower buds of certain fruit trees. They prefer habitats with mixed woodland that may contain conifers, including parks and gardens. The birds that inhabit the northern parts of their range [&#x2026;]</p>
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