Parrot species native to the eastern United States?

[dukeofdoom]

A parakeet that lived in Eastern US as late as the last century.
Pretty cool, I found out about it not too long ago

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolina_Parakeet

[lucky1]

Interesting stuff, apparently even to Southern Ontario.
Too bad they're gone.

[dukeofdoom]

I find that they where poisonous, and able to survive in Southern Ontario amazing! It does get pretty cold here in Winter.
But there is a lizard that is able to survive here. I've seen some in Point Pelee.

http://www.ontarionature.org/protect/sp ... _skink.php


And recently, some Monk Parakeet naturalized in Chicago and NY.
If they spread,it seems like we might get a parakeet to live here too, since Chicago is colder and we're not too far away from there.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monk_Parakeet

Not sure if this would be a good thing or not. But it seems like they would be taking over the habitat of the Carolina Parakeet, so its not completely unnatural.

[lucky1]

Well, all manner of species are moving north as latitudes warm (generally).
Too bad extinct species will remain gone.

We have a type of salamander-thingy here (sorry don't have the name/photo).
Always find them hiding in irrigation valve boxes.
Doubt they'd make it continually on the surface with our hot/dry winds, they look like they'd prefer bogs.

Barb

[DesertZone]

A parakeet that lived in Eastern US as late as the last century.
Pretty cool, I found out about it not too long ago

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolina_Parakeet

And a parrot that was once in AZ.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thick-billed_Parrot

[lucky1]

It didn't come this way, Aaron.

Would rather have those than woodpeckers, which are over-abundant here.
RAP TAP RAP TAP TAP TAP...DRILL DRILL DRILL

Barb

[bgodwin1987]

Wish I had parrots here still, apparently Carolina parrots were pretty common in the swamps of southern Illinois, along with the now extinct Ivory billed woodpecker. Maybe some of the Monk parakeets will move down here to the Southern part of the state. I have noticed the past few years that Eurasian collard doves have become more common in my area. They are bigger than Mourning doves and have a different call, they are from Europe and parts of central Asia.

[igor.glukhovtsev]

Eurasian collard doves are parts of central Asia.

Oh, yeah! They had been very common in the past but it's hard to find them in the city nowadays. Actually I have a pair in my office backyard. Not sure if it's Eurasian collard doves. These guys a little bit bigger and have a bluish coloration. But still a piece of the Nature in the urban spot.

[Xerarch]

It's a real shame about both of these parrots that were once native to the U.S. at least the thick-billed parrot is not extinct, just extirpated from Arizona, unfortunately the Carolina Parakeet is gone forever.

Another animal that is native to the U.S. that might surprise some is the Jaguar, it used to be found in south Texas and as far north as central Arizona, now it occasionally wanders into extreme southern Arizona but there is no established, breeding population there any more. The Ocelot story is similar to the Jaguar.

[lucky1]

Erik will jump in when he sees the word Jaguar.
Great photos from his night vision cam from Belize.

Many of us also lament the loss of the yucca moth in the west/midwest.

Xerarch, welcome aboard...just about broke my finger typing your screen name

Barb

[igor.glukhovtsev]

You might don't believe but my country has been had it's own BIG CAT i the past. It's called the Turan Tiger. Less than 100 years back it was common at there...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caspian_tiger
http://en.tengrinews.kz/kazakhstan_news ... ored--925/