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Two species listed are extinct (including one of the endemics) and two have been extirpated. This list is presented in the taxonomic sequence of the Check-list of North and Middle American Birds, 7th edition through the 63rd Supplement, published by the American Ornithological Society (AOS). [2]
The neotropical parrots or New World parrots comprise about 150 species in 32 genera found throughout South and Central America, Mexico, the Caribbean islands and the southern United States. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Among them are some of the most familiar and iconic parrots, including the blue and gold macaw , sun conure , and yellow-headed amazon .
One genus found only on the Bahamas: Nesophlox, with two species, the Bahama woodstar and Inagua woodstar; The following genera are confined to the Lesser Antilles: Ramphocinclus, with a single species, the white-breasted thrasher; Cinclocerthia, with two species, the gray trembler and the brown trembler
Last collected in 1899. Likely extinct due to persecution as a crop pest and increased mortality by hurricanes as a consequence of deforestation. Another extinct population on Vieques may be a different, undescribed subspecies. [32] Amazona sp. Antigua Most recent remains dated to around 1500 BCE at Burma Quarry. [27] St. Croix macaw: Ara ...
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 ...
Culebra Island Amazon, [1] a parrot; 20th century. c. 1900 ... List of extinct animals of Martinique and Guadeloupe; List of extinct animals of Réunion; References
Grand Bahama was hit by Hurricane Matthew in 2016, causing significant damage, and monthly surveys by a local bird guide and 4 days of intensive surveys in January 2018 failed to find any birds, leading to fears that the bird was extinct until extensive surveys in the spring and summer of 2018, which resulted in a small number of sightings ...
The Fish and Wildlife Service just delisted 21 species from the Endangered Species Act due to extinction. An NC bird has been declared extinct. Here’s where it was in the state