Carolina parakeet
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The Carolina parakeet, 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
Naturalis Biodiversity Center ZMA.AVES.3159 Conuropsis carolinensis Linnaeus, 1758 Psittacidae skin specimen
Carolina Parakeet Range
C. c. ludovicianus by John James Audubon
Illustration by John James Audubon
Local extinction
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Local extinction refers to the complete disappearance of a species from a specified geographic area, region, or habitat while that species continues to survive in some other part of the world. Local e
Carolina parakeet
…only indigenous parrot within its range, and one of only three parrot species native to the United States. The others are the thick-billed parrot, now extirpated; and the green parakeet, still present in Texas. A fourth parrot species, the red-crowned amazon, is debated. The Carolina parakeet was called Maskowhinge…
Canis lupus
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