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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.
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) 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)
John James Audubon's 'Carolina Parakeets.' Wikimedia CommonsIt was winter in upstate New York in 1780 in a rural town called Schoharie, home to the deeply religious Palatine Germans. Suddenly, a ...
The Arini tribe of the neotropical parrots is a monophyletic clade of macaws and parakeets (commonly called conures in aviculture) characterized by colorful plumage and long, tapering tails. They occur throughout Mexico , Central America , and South America , the Caribbean and the southern United States .
Leptosittaca – golden-plumed parakeet; Ognorhynchus – yellow-eared parrot; Diopsittaca – red-shouldered macaw; Guaruba – golden parakeet; Conuropsis – Carolina parakeet ; Cyanopsitta – Spix's macaw (extinct in the wild) Orthopsittaca – red-bellied macaw; Ara – true macaws (eight living species, and at least one recently extinct)
The Eastern Tiger Swallowtail is a larger species of butterfly and can have up to a 5.5 inch wingspread. This beautiful butterfly species can be seen from springtime until the fall and produces ...
Just days after the USDA issued a new order that all raw milk must be tested for bird flu, reports have emerged of animals dying of the virus, including cats and several zoo animals.