Endangered parrots Lily and Margot escape London Zoo

Two critically endangered parrots person escaped London Zoo.

Blue-throated macaws Lily and Margot were connected a regular formation erstwhile they flew retired of their enclosure connected Monday.

The brace person taken detours and hidden precocious up successful the trees successful the past but person ne'er wholly disappeared until now.

London Zoo has asked for immoderate sightings to beryllium reported to them, adding the 2 bluish and yellow-feathered birds were apt to instrumentality together.

This taxon of parrot was believed to beryllium extinct until immoderate were recognised successful the Bolivian savannah successful 1992.

As such, endangered Lily and Margot are "ambassadors" for their species, London Zoo has said.

At the zoo, their fare and wellness is monitored by experts.

With assistance from section residents and Westminster Council, the Regent's Park zookeepers person been combing the country for sightings.

With nary luck, they are present appealing to the wider public.

The birds thin to enactment precise precocious up successful trees, lone descending for nutrient and are astir apt to instrumentality together, a London Zoo spokesperson said.

As good arsenic their agleam bluish and yellowish plumage, they person a precise agelong process and a precise large call, making them distinguishable from London's indigenous birdlife.

The zoo has asked for immoderate sightings to beryllium reported to birds@zsl.org with a photograph and geo coordinates.