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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.
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 .
Blue grouse (Dendragapus obscurus) Blue jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Brewer's blackbird (Euphagus cyanocephalus) Brown-headed cowbird (Molothrus ater) Canada goose (Branta canadensis) Carolina parakeet (Conuropsis carolinensis) Cedar waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) Cliff swallow (Hirundo pyrrhonota or Petrochelidon pyrrhonota) Piping Plover ...
Conures are either large parakeets or small parrots found in the Western Hemisphere. They are analogous in size and way of life to Afro-Eurasia's rose-ringed parakeets or the Australian parakeets. All living conure species live in Central and South America. The extinct Conuropsis carolinensis, or Carolina parakeet was an exception.
The state's only native parakeet, the Carolina parakeet, was driven to extinction sometime in the 1800s. ... Then, one appears, its flaming red crest bright against the clear blue sky.
Carolina parakeet, Conuropsis carolinensis (southeastern North America, c. 1930?) Although the date of the last captive bird's death in the Cincinnati Zoo, 1918, is generally given as this species' date of extinction, there are convincing reports of some wild populations persisting until later.
Blue-headed quail-dove, ... Carolina parakeet, Conuropsis carolinensis (E) Green parakeet, Psittacara holochlorus (A) ... or tall grass. The family occurs mostly in ...
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.