Mascarene parrot
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The Mascarene parrot or mascarin is an extinct species of parrot that was endemic to the Mascarene island of Réunion in the western Indian Ocean. The taxonomic relationships of this species have been
Keulemans Mascarinus 1893
Plate showing this parrot from Comte de Buffon's encyclopaedia Histoire Naturelle, 1700s
1850 illustration by Jean-Baptiste Massard with another parrot above
Two male Alexandrine parakeets. This species is the closest living relative according to genetic studies
Mascarene grey parakeet
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The Mascarene grey parakeet, Mauritius grey parrot, or Thirioux's grey parrot, is an extinct species of parrot which was endemic to the Mascarene Islands of Mauritius and Réunion in the western Indian
Mascarene parrot
…In 2007, the English palaeontologist Julian Hume suggested the possibility that this might have been a lesser vasa parrot, if not a discoloured old Mascarene grey parakeet (Psittacula bensoni). The specimen is now lost. English zoologist George Robert Gray assigned some eclectus parrot (Eclectus roratus) subspecies from…
Mascarene grey parakeet
1648 engraving depicting the killing of parrots (bottom, possibly this species) and other animals on Mauritius in 1602
The skeletally similar Alexandrine parakeet
Restoration showing a red beak and black collar, as seen in relatives