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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 .
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.
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 ...
Anodorhynchus – blue macaws (two living species, one probably recently extinct) 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
This species’ males can be easily identified as they are colored bright yellow with four black tiger-like stripes on the forewing. An Eastern tiger swallowtail butterfly, South Carolina’s ...
They are large, black, or black-and-white, with long wings and deeply forked tails. The males have colored inflatable throat pouches. They do not swim or walk and cannot take off from a flat surface. Having the largest wingspan-to-body-weight ratio of any bird, they are essentially aerial, able to stay aloft for more than a week.
Carolina parakeet, Conuropsis carolinensis (E) Green parakeet, Psittacara holochlorus (A) [142] Nanday parakeet, Aratinga nenday (I) Mitred parakeet, Psittacara mitratus (I) White-winged parakeet, Brotogeris versicolurus (I)