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Carolina Parakeet: Mystery of the Incas

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The 19-teens were not a good time for North American birdlife. Not more than four years following the final breath of the last living Passenger Pigeon , and at the same facility – the Cincinnati Zoo, whose place in ornithological history is morbidly established – the last Carolina Parakeet died. It was called Incas.

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The Rose-ringed Parakeets of Heidelberg

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Unlike North America, Germany has never had naturally occurring psittacines that went extinct, and the one we have is a true and complete invasive alien introduction. This is what happens when people choose their pet birds on visual factors alone without taking vocalizations into account. Very stupid thing to do.

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