Mastodawn

The last #CarolinaParakeet (aka #CarolinaConure), from a distant cousin species to that of my #caique Apo, died #ThisDayInHistory in 1918, rendering extinct one of just three or four #parrot species native to the US. (Cali. has the #RedCrownedAmazon, Texas the #GreenParakeet.)

llewelly Nov 3

I just listened to a great new episode by @KateShaw , about parrots! Carolina parakeet, Kakapo, budgie, Spix's Macaw, cockies, and more. https://strangeanimalspodcast.blubrry.net/2025/11/03/episode-457-parrots/

#parrot
#kakapo
#CarolinaParakeet
#birds
#budgie
#reptiles

Episode 457: Parrots! | Strange Animals Podcast

Levka Apr 5, 2025

#extinction #CarolinaParakeet

"Even though no one has seen a live Carolina parakeet for more than acentury, the birds do have a living relative—one able to provide valuable genetic material. Sun parakeets, an endangered species native to Brazil and Guyana, bear a conspicuous resemblance to their extinct American cousins.

This genetic resource, plus the Carolina parakeet’s mapped genome, lead researchers one step closer to resurrecting the species, a controversial process called de-extinction. The Long Now Foundation’s Revive & Restore project is working to restore the passenger pigeon, a species that disappeared just a couple decades before the Carolina parakeet. If the pigeon project succeeds, the parakeet could be next."

https://web.archive.org/web/20250124222656/https://getpocket.com/explore/item/the-curious-extinction-of-the-carolina-parakeet-an-avian-cold-case

The Curious Extinction of the Carolina Parakeet: An Avian Cold Case

The once-abundant wild parrots vanished mysteriously in the early 20th century. Now scientists are closer to solving their disappearance.

Pocket

Thomas Davis Jun 30, 2023

I crashed my bike, got a new tattoo (unfinished but it’s a Carolina parakeet & Sloane’s Urania) and woke up with shingles (mild case thankfully) in the space of 48 hours. Good thing I crashed my bike on the last day of breathable air. In lieu of pics of wrecked knees or little lesions, here’s the wound I opted to get. #tattoo #envhum #CarolinaParakeet #wtfissummereven?