Carolina Parakeet (Conuropsis carolinensis)

Posted on 31 December, 1910 in Extinct • Tagged with USA, family-PSITTACIDAE, extinct-1910s

Year Last Seen:

1910

Comments:

This species formerly occurred in southeastern USA, but it is now Extinct, primarily as a result of persecution. The last wild records are of the subspecies ludoviciana in 1910.

Habitat:

Birds were wide-ranging but their typical habitat was cypress and sycamore trees along rivers and …


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