Carolina Parakeet

About the Carolina Parakeet

The Carolina parakeet (Conuropsis carolinensis), or Carolina conure, is an extinct species of small green neotropical parrot with a bright yellow head, reddish orange face, and pale beak that was native to the Eastern, Midwest, and Plains States of the United States. It was the only indigenous parrot within its range, and one of only three parrot species native to the United States. The others are the thick-billed parrot, now extirpated; and the green parakeet, still present in Texas. A fourth parrot species, the red-crowned amazon, is debated. The Carolina parakeet was called Maskowhinge in Powhatan, puzzi la née ("head of yellow") or pot pot chee by the Seminole and kelinky in Chickasaw.

Source: Wikipedia

Classification

Scientific name

Conuropsis carolinensis

Family

New World and African Parrots

Order

Psittaciformes

Similar species

Other members of the new world and african parrots family recorded in North America — a useful place to start if you are not certain of your identification.

• Barred Parakeet Bolborhynchus lineola
• Black-capped Parakeet Pyrrhura rupicola
• Black-headed Parrot Pionites melanocephalus
• Blue-and-yellow Macaw Ara ararauna
• Blue-crowned Parakeet Thectocercus acuticaudatus
• Blue-headed Parrot Pionus menstruus
• Brown-hooded Parrot Pyrilia haematotis
• Burrowing Parakeet Cyanoliseus patagonus
• Chestnut-fronted Macaw Ara severus
• Crimson-fronted Parakeet Psittacara finschi
• Dusky-headed Parakeet Aratinga weddellii
• Golden Parakeet Guaruba guarouba