Carolina parakeet
noun
Car·o·li·na parakeet
ˌker(-ə)-ˈlī-nə- 
ˌka-rə-
: an extinct parakeet (Conuropsis carolinensis) of the eastern U.S.
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Carolina Parakeet The Carolina parakeet, once a vibrant and colorful bird native to the southeastern United States, met its tragic demise due to a combination of habitat destruction and human exploitation.
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Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 4 May 2025
Carolina Parakeet The Carolina parakeet was the only parrot species native to the eastern United States, known for its vibrant green plumage, yellow cheeks and a distinct orange-yellow crown.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 13 Apr. 2025
New Englanders watched the heath hen, an eastern prairie chicken, collapse to a single male who died in 1931, followed quickly by the extinction of the most colorful of all our birds, the Carolina parakeet.
—TIME, 12 Dec. 2023
But think of all those other remarkable species that became extinct before captive breeding programs could be established--think of the passenger pigeon, the Carolina parakeet, the Tasmanian wolf, and that symbol of extinction, the dodo.
—Jared Diamond, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
The plumed paradise birds, the great and little egret, blue-throated and amethyst hummingbirds, the bright green Carolina parakeet, the Toco toucan, the lyre bird, the silver pheasant, the velvet bird, the tanager, the resplendent trogon ...
—Mary Jo Dilonardo, Treehugger, 25 May 2023
The Carolina parakeet was the only bird of its kind native to the eastern portion of the U.S.
—Daisy Hernandez, Popular Mechanics, 21 Apr. 2022
The last Carolina parakeet died at the Cincinnati Zoo in February of 1918 soon after his mate, Lady Jane, passed.
—Daisy Hernandez, Popular Mechanics, 21 Apr. 2022
The visitor can inspect the now extinct passenger pigeon and the Carolina parakeet.
—Marissa Fessenden, Scientific American, 17 May 2013
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Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 4 May 2025
Carolina Parakeet The Carolina parakeet was the only parrot species native to the eastern United States, known for its vibrant green plumage, yellow cheeks and a distinct orange-yellow crown.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 13 Apr. 2025
New Englanders watched the heath hen, an eastern prairie chicken, collapse to a single male who died in 1931, followed quickly by the extinction of the most colorful of all our birds, the Carolina parakeet.
—TIME, 12 Dec. 2023
But think of all those other remarkable species that became extinct before captive breeding programs could be established--think of the passenger pigeon, the Carolina parakeet, the Tasmanian wolf, and that symbol of extinction, the dodo.
—Jared Diamond, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
The plumed paradise birds, the great and little egret, blue-throated and amethyst hummingbirds, the bright green Carolina parakeet, the Toco toucan, the lyre bird, the silver pheasant, the velvet bird, the tanager, the resplendent trogon ...
—Mary Jo Dilonardo, Treehugger, 25 May 2023
The Carolina parakeet was the only bird of its kind native to the eastern portion of the U.S.
—Daisy Hernandez, Popular Mechanics, 21 Apr. 2022
The last Carolina parakeet died at the Cincinnati Zoo in February of 1918 soon after his mate, Lady Jane, passed.
—Daisy Hernandez, Popular Mechanics, 21 Apr. 2022
The visitor can inspect the now extinct passenger pigeon and the Carolina parakeet.
—Marissa Fessenden, Scientific American, 17 May 2013
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“Carolina parakeet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Carolina%20parakeet. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.
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