Species profile
Carolina Parakeet
Conuropsis carolinensis
Quick answer
Psittacus carolinensis Linnaeus, 1758 MZUT AV 11205; mount; unsexed adult; southern USA, no date; from Salvin in 1892, formerly in Elliott Coues’ private collection. Remarks. — During his stay at the British Museum (Natural History), London, to catalogue their parrots, Tommaso Salvadori received a personal gift from Osbert Salvin (1835 – 95) of a C. carolinensis that originally formed part of the Elliott Coues collection. Subsequently, Salvadori donated it to MZUT.
- Scientific name
- Conuropsis carolinensis
- Family
- Psittacidae
- Order
- Psittaciformes
- Genus
- Conuropsis
- Conservation status
- Extinct
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