Carolina parakeet - Wikipedia
The Carolina parakeet (Conuropsis carolinensis), or Carolina conure, is an extinct species of small green neotropical parrot with a bright yellow head, reddish orange face, and pale beak that was native to the Eastern, Midwest, and Plains states of the United States.
We Now Know the Real Range of the Extinct Carolina Parakeet
After sifting through historic records—and forgeries—a researcher created a much more accurate map of where the bird lived. Carolina Parakeets were the only native parrot species in the U.S. But by the early 1900s, the vibrant birds were no more. Illustration: John James Audubon.
Why Did the Carolina Parakeet Go Extinct? | Smithsonian
It was the Carolina Parakeet, North America's only native parrot. Curiously, within the span of a century, the great flocks dwindled to nothing, and this thing of beauty disappeared.
Carolina Parakeet - Facts, Diet, Habitat & Pictures on ... - Animalia
The Carolina parakeet (Conuropsis carolinensis), or Carolina conure, is an extinct species of small green neotropical parrot with a bright yellow head, reddish orange face and pale beak that was native to the eastern, Midwest and plains states of the United States.
The last Carolina Parakeet - John James Audubon Center at Mill …
The Carolina Parakeet (Conuropsis carolinensis) was the only parrot species native to the eastern United States. It was found from southern New York and Wisconsin to the Gulf of Mexico, and lived in old forests along rivers.
How humans killed off the only parrot native to the continental …
2019年12月12日 · Now a group of international researchers has sequenced the Carolina parakeet genome and concluded that the bird’s rapid decline shows human interference drove their extinction, according to a...
Humans Drove the Only Native U.S. Parrot Extinct, Says New DNA …
2019年12月12日 · The reconstruction of its evolutionary history using DNA provides the best evidence to date that the Carolina Parakeet, a bird once common around places like Lake Erie and the Gulf of Mexico, went extinct abruptly and was …
The tragic story of America’s only native parrot, now extinct for …
2018年3月28日 · These birds were Carolina parakeets, America’s only native parrot. In February 1918, the last captive Carolina parakeet died, alone in a cage in the Cincinnati Zoo, the same zoo where the...
The Extinction of This U.S. Parrot Was Quick and Driven by Humans
2019年12月13日 · The Carolina parakeet, or Conuropsis carolinensis, was the only parrot native to the eastern part of the country. But by the beginning of the 20th century, it had disappeared.
Carolina Parakeet: Removal of a “Menace” - All About Birds
2008年4月15日 · The only parrot native to continental North America north of Mexico, the extinct Carolina Parakeet was a grackle-sized gregarious bird, mostly green with a yellow head and orange cheeks.
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