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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.
Carolina parakeet (Conuropsis carolinensis) Cedar waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) Cliff swallow (Hirundo pyrrhonota or Petrochelidon pyrrhonota) Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus) Columbian sharp-tailed grouse (Tympanuchus phasianellus columbianus) Common Nighthawk (Chordeiles minor) Common raven (Corvus corax) Eastern kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus)
Carolina parakeet: Conuropsis carolinensis: Eastern and Central United States: Last collected in the wild near Lake Okeechobee, Florida in 1904 though unconfirmed reports continued until the 1930s. The last captive individual died in Cincinnati Zoo in 1918.
Conuropsis carolinensis, the Carolina parakeet, was one of only two parrot species endemic to the United States in recorded history. The Carolina parakeet was a remarkably social bird, living in vast flocks. American bird hunters reported that Carolina parakeets would return to mourn dead members of the flock, making themselves easy targets.
Incas (before 1885 – February 21, 1918) was a male Carolina parakeet and the last member of his species known with certainty. Though probable sightings of wild Carolina parakeets continued into the 1930s, and the American Ornithologists Union accepted a sighting in 1920, no specimens were collected after 1904 and he is often cited as the last individual in existence.
Carolina parakeet, Conuropsis carolinensis (E) Monk parakeet, Myiopsitta monachus (I) Old World parrots. Order: Psittaciformes ...
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Most of the more than 150 species in this family are found in the New World. Three species have been recorded in South Carolina. Monk parakeet, Myiopsitta monachus (P2) (R) Carolina parakeet, Conuropsis carolinensis (E) Green parakeet, Aratinga holochlora (P2) (R)