Wikijunior:Extinct Birds/Carolina Parakeet
Appearance
The Carolina parakeet, Conuropsis carolinensis, is a now extinct green parrot.
Distribution
[edit | edit source]They were found in the North-East of the USA.
Description
[edit | edit source]They were mainly green with a bright orange head, pale beak with an orange face. Young birds were purely green, though were paler on their chest.
Behaviour
[edit | edit source]They lived in very large flocks, often with 200 or 300 members. They had 2 to 5 round, white eggs at a time.
Diet
[edit | edit source]They ate seeds from plants such as the pine, oak and beech and fruits, like grapes, apples and figs.
Extinction
[edit | edit source]Humans certainly helped make the Carolina Parakeet extinct. They did this through deforestation, hunting and the pet trade.