Difference between revisions of "Carolina Parakeet" - BirdForum Opus

Latest revision as of 17:57, 20 February 2022

The species Carolina Parakeet is extinct.

Photo by Isurus
Field Museum, Chicago

Identification

31-33cm. Green, yellow head, orange cheeks.

Formerly Eastern United States.

Extinct; last reported 1918

Two subspecies are recognized^[1]; both are extinct.

C. c. ludoviciana - formerly south central United States, across the Mississippi–Missouri River drainages
C. c. carolinensis - formerly southeastern United States, from Virginia to Florida. Last records in wild from 1930s; last bird in captivity died 1918

Forests and forest edges.

The diet included fruit and grains.

It nested in tree cavities.

Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2021. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2021. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
Avibase
All About Birds

BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Carolina Parakeet. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 5 February 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Carolina_Parakeet

@@ Line 9: / Line 9: @@
 Extinct; last reported 1918
 ==Taxonomy==
-This was a [[Dictionary_M-O#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>.
+Two subspecies are recognized<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>; both are extinct.
+*''C. c. ludoviciana'' - formerly south central [[United States]], across the  Mississippi–Missouri River drainages
-Subspecies ''ludoviciana'' is not recognised by most authorities<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>.
+*''C. c. carolinensis'' - formerly southeastern [[United States]], from Virginia to Florida. Last records in wild from 1930s; last bird in captivity died 1918
 ==Habitat==
@@ Line 21: / Line 21: @@
 It nested in tree cavities.
 ==References==
-#{{Ref-Clements6thDec09}}#Avibase
+#{{Ref-Clements6thAug21}}#Avibase
 #All About Birds
 {{ref}}