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Two subspecies are recognized: The Louisiana subspecies of the Carolina parakeet, C. c. ludovicianus, [Note 2] was slightly different in color from the nominate subspecies, being more bluish-green and generally of a somewhat subdued coloration, and became extinct in much the same way, but at a somewhat earlier date (early 1910s).
Two subspecies, C. c. carolinensis (Carolina parakeet, east and south of the Appalachian Mountains – extinct either 1918 or c. 1930) and C. c. ludovicianus (Louisiana parakeet, west of the Appalachian Mountains – extinct c. 1912). Guadeloupe parakeet, Psittacara labati (Guadeloupe, West Indies, late 18th century)
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. Lindsay Addison, coastal biologist with Audubon North Carolina, said she’s not sure why ...
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 vast majority of parrots are, like this rose-ringed parakeet, cavity nesters. Only the monk parakeet and five species of lovebirds build nests in trees, [77] and three Australian and New Zealand ground parrots nest on the ground. All other parrots and cockatoos nest in cavities, either tree hollows or cavities dug into cliffs, banks, or the ...
Pearly parakeet: P. lepida (Wagler, 1832) g VU: Northeast Brazil south of the Amazon River: Green-cheeked parakeet: P. molinae (Massena and de Souancé, 1854) LC: Painted parakeet: P. picta (Müller, 1776) LC: Northeast South America, north of the Amazon river and east of the Venezuela/Colombia border Sinú parakeet: P. subandina (Todd, 1917) CR
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