THE CAROLINA PARAKEET

Description:

• Small, about 30cm long and weight 280gram.
• Mostly green, the crown of the head and around the eyes and bill are orange.
• Yellow head and next.
• Pointed tail.

Diet:

• Grass, maple, elm, pine and cocklebur.
• Seeds of apple, peach, mulberry, pecan, grape, dogwood and grains.
• They were also feeding off mineral-rich soil.
• In captivity, they were fed canary grass seed, hemp, maize, oats and breadcrumbs.

How it became extinct:

• Rapid cultivation of North America.
• Large flocks were killed because they destroy harvests of fruit farmers.

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