Carolina Parakeet Conuropsis carolinensis (Linnaeus, 1758)Extinct    Synonyms: CAPA, Louisiana Parakeet.
Kingdom Animalia   >   Phylum Chordata   >   Class Aves   >   Order Psittaciformes   >   Family Psittacidae   >   Genus Conuropsis   

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The only parrot species endemic to the Eastern United States was extinct by 1918. The last known wild individual was killed in Florida in 1904. The last captive bird died in the Cincinnati Zoo in 1918.

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A Carolina Parakeet specimen displayed at the Smithsonian Institute National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. Photo by Danny Poet. (MBP list)


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