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Carolina parakeet — Again, no surprise, as this bird was declared extinct in 1939 after decades of hunting for its feathers and to protect crops.

“This is a really big deal for Indonesian ornithology — as shocking as rediscovering the passenger pigeon or Carolina parakeet,” Dr. Yong said, naming two extinct bird species.

The face of the Carolina parakeet was red; its head was yellow, its wings green.

I have a weakness for the lost species of the South: the Carolina parakeet, the ivory-billed woodpecker, the eastern elk, etc.

Scientists sequenced the genome of a stuffed Carolina parakeet held in a private collection.