Puerto Rican Parakeet - BirdForum Opus

The species Puerto Rican Parakeet is extinct.

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Psittacara maugei

Distribution

Formerly on Puerto Rico and Mona Island.
Extirpated on Puerto Rico in the mid-1800s, on Mona Island 1892.

Taxonomy

This was a monotypic species.
Formerly considered conspecific with Hispaniolan Parakeet.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2016. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2016, with updates to August 2016. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2016. IOC World Bird Names (version 6.3). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.

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Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Puerto Rican Parakeet. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 4 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Puerto_Rican_Parakeet

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