Carolina Parakeet
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. It was the only indigenous parrot within its range, as well as one of only three parrot species native to the United States (the others being the thick-billed parrot, now extirpated,[2] and the green parakeet, still present in Texas;[3] a fourth parrot species, the red-crowned amazon, is debated).[4][5][6] It was found from southern New York and Wisconsin to Kentucky, Tennes...read more