The United States was a more colorful place when flocks of Carolina parakeets flew across the sky like daytime fireworks, flashing pops of orange, yellow, and green. The country’s only native ...

The last known Carolina parakeet was born sometime around 1883 and died in the Cincinnati Zoo in 1918, in the same ill-fated cage where the world’s last passenger pigeon had died in 1914.

The Carolina parakeet, so named for the region where it was discovered, was known for its “disagreeable screams” and great beauty. Paul D. Steward / Science Photo Library Among all the birds ...

The Carolina parakeet, or Conuropsis carolinensis, was the only parrot native to the eastern part of the country. But by the beginning of the 20th century, it had disappeared. Experts believe that ...

The Linda Hall Library of Science, Engineering and Technology's new exhibition includes a bird study skin of the now-extinct Carolina Parakeet. The specimen is on loan from Chicago’s Field Museum.

But just over a century ago, we still had a native parrot species, too. Quite the looker: The Carolina parakeet (Conuropsis carolinensis) was a small parrot with brilliant green plumage ...