Carolina parakeet

American  

noun

1. an extinct New World parakeet, Conuropsis carolinensis, that ranged into the northern U.S., having yellowish-green plumage with an orange-yellow head.

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Etymology

Origin of Carolina parakeet

An Americanism dating back to 1840–50

Example Sentences

Humans exterminated the passenger pigeon, the great auk and the Carolina parakeet.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

In 1918, the last living Carolina parakeet died in captivity.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

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

From Salon • Feb. 10, 2022

Within a century, the Carolina parakeet was gone.

From New York Times • Dec. 20, 2019

One of the most striking losses was the Carolina parakeet, a lovely, innocuous bird whose numbers in the wild were possibly exceeded only by the unbelievably numerous passenger pigeon.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson