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Incas, last known Carolina parakeet (h. fl. 1885)

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Incas (parakeet)

Last known Carolina parakeet

Incas was a male Carolina parakeet and the last member of his species known with certainty. Though probable sightings of wild Carolina parakeets continued into the 1930s, and the American Ornithologists Union accepted a sighting in 1920, no specimens were collected after 1904…
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Endling

Last known individual of a species or subspecies

An endling is the last known individual of a species or subspecies. Once the endling dies, the species becomes extinct. The word was coined in correspondence in the scientific journal Nature.
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Carolina parakeet

Extinct species of parakeet native to North America

The Carolina parakeet, or Carolina conure, is an extinct species of small green neotropical parrot with a bright yellow head, reddish orange face, and pale beak that was native to the Eastern, Midwest, and Plains states of the United States. It was the only indigenous parrot…
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February 21

Day of the year

February 21 is the 52nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 313 days remain until the end of the year.
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