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Carolina Parakeet  (Conuropsis carolinensis)

 
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Carolina Parakeet - museum specimen

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Snyder (2004) argues that the Carolina Parakeet may have lasted longer into the twentieth century than previously thought, and that this bird may have been distasteful to predators due to its frequent utilization of the cocklebur - a plant highly poisonous to many other animals.

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