《里約大冒險》藍鸚鵡原型去世

The bird was a Spix's macaw named Presley, and he was around 40 years old when he died Wednesday. He was thought to be the second-to-last of the remaining wild-born parrots.
這是一隻斯皮克斯金剛鸚鵡，名叫普雷斯利。週三那天它離世了，約四十歲，被認爲是世上最後倒數第二隻野生斯皮克斯金剛鸚鵡。

Presley's death is a blow to conservation efforts in both a symbolic and literal sense. Critically endangered, these native Brazilian birds (Cyanopsitta spixii) are believed to be extinct in the wild. Decades of deforestation and rampant wildlife trafficking have besieged the medium-size macaws, who also ended up having to compete for nest space with introduced Africanized honeybees.
無論是象徵意義上或是實際上，普雷斯利的死都是對保育界的努力的一大打擊。這些本土的巴西雀(斯皮克斯金剛鸚鵡)屬於瀕危物種，估計已經在野外滅絕。多年來的森林砍伐和猖獗的野生動物走私已經逼使這種中型金剛鸚鵡走投無路，更要與新引進的非洲化蜜蜂(殺人蜂)爭奪築巢之所。

Now, the fewer than 100 remaining Spix's macaws are cloistered in captive breeding programs and refuges throughout the world—and the small population is vulnerable to genetic defects caused by inbreeding. Presley offered the opportunity to inject some much-needed genetic diversity into the population.
目前，只有少於100只斯皮克斯金剛鸚鵡存活，它們被隔離在養殖計劃裏接受監控，在全球各國之間尋求避難所。其中，有少數的鸚鵡更因爲近親繁殖而容易產生基因缺陷。普雷斯利是這羣斯皮克斯金剛鸚鵡的希望，可以給予它們很迫切需要的不同基因。

But he left no offspring.
但他並沒有留下任何後代。

There are reports that Presley himself influenced the 2011 movie Rio, an animated film that tells the tale of a lone male Spix's macaw. Found living in the United States, the bird, named Blu, is initially unable to fly. But he returns to Brazil and finds the only other known surviving member of his species, a female named Jewel. Together, the two movie macaws battle wildlife traffickers and eventually start a small family.
有報告指出，普雷斯利影響了2011年的動畫影片《里約大冒險》。那是有關一隻雄性的斯皮克斯金剛鸚鵡的故事。布魯生活在美國，本來不會飛。但它回到了巴西后找到了唯一一隻已知存活的雌性同類——珠兒。這兩隻鸚鵡攜手協力，與野生動物販賣者抗爭，最後組建了自己的小家庭。

Director Carlos Saldanha has said he hoped the movie would raise awareness of the challenges facing endangered birds in Brazil. "I wanted [to feature] the rarest bird," he told the website Bird Channel in 2011. "The Spix's macaw truly is the rarest."
卡洛斯·沙爾丹哈導演說希望這部電影可以提高大衆對巴西瀕危鳥類的關注，瞭解它們所面對的挑戰。2011年時他告訴網站鳥類頻道（Bird Channel），“我想拍攝有關最稀有的鳥類的故事，斯皮克斯金剛鸚鵡的確就是最稀有的。”

Released this year, an optimistic sequel, Rio 2, follows Blu and Jewel as they encounter a hidden population of Spix's macaws in the Brazilian Amazon.
續集《里約大冒險2》 將於今年上映，故事講述布魯和珠兒在巴西亞馬遜，遇上一羣此前未知存在的斯皮克斯金剛鸚鵡的故事。