It was the only parrot species that was endemic to the continental United States, and it ranged farther north than any other contemporary parrot species. Paul BartschLively and charming, Carolina parakeets made delightful pets, according to Paul Bartsch, a zoologist at the Smithsonian Institution who hand-fed a Carolina parakeet chick. Doodles was a gift from ornithologist Robert Ridgway, who bred a number of Carolina parakeets in captivity. Lazarus ecology: Recovering the distribution and migratory patterns of the extinct Carolina parakeet, Ecology and Evolution, 7:5467–5475 | doi:10.1002/ece3.3135Snyder, Noel F. and Keith Russell (2002). What Happened To America's Only Parrot?

Source: Forbes February 21, 2018 19:37 UTC