Interesting Facts
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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Carolina Parakeet, Carolina Conure, Carolina Paroquet, Kelinkey, Louisiana Parakeet, Parrot, Wild Parrot
Common Names in French:
Conure De Caroline
Description
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Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 55 meters (0 to 180 feet).[1]
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Aves
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- Subclass:
Avialae
()
- Gauthier, 1986
- Infraclass:
Aves
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
- Cohort:
Neognathae
()
- Pycraft, 1900
- Superorder:
Psittacimorphae
()
- Huxley, 1867
- Order:
Psittaciformes
()
- Wagler, 1830
- Family:
Psittacidae
()
- Illiger, 1811
- Subfamily:
Psittacinae
()
- Tribe:
Arini
()
- Genus:
Conuropsis
()
- Salvadori, 1891
- Specific name:
carolinensis
- Subspecies:
carolinensis
- Scientific name: - Conuropsis carolinensis carolinensis
- Subspecies:
carolinensis
- Specific name:
carolinensis
- Genus:
Conuropsis
(
- Tribe:
Arini
(
- Subfamily:
Psittacinae
(
- Family:
Psittacidae
(
- Order:
Psittaciformes
(
- Superorder:
Psittacimorphae
(
- Cohort:
Neognathae
(
- Infraclass:
Aves
(
- Subclass:
Avialae
(
- Class:
Aves
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Conuropsis carolinensis (Linnaeus) 1758
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: June 24, 1996.
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Conuropsis
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 3 species and subspecies in this genus:
C. carolinensis (Louisiana Parakeet) · C. carolinensis carolinensis (Carolina Parakeet) · C. carolinensis ludoviciana (Carolina Parakeet)
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Further Reading
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- Catalogue of birds of the Americas and the adjacent islands in Field Museum of Natural History. including all species and subspecies known to occur in North America, Mexico, Central America, South America, the West Indies, and islands of the Caribbean Sea, the Galapagos Archipelago, and other is by Charles E. Hellmayr and Boardman Conover. 13 1918 Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History, 1918. url p. 65.
- Check-list of North American birds / prepared by a committee of the American ornithologists' union. Lancaster, Pa.: The Union, 1931. url p. 157.
- Check-list of North American birds. [Ithaca, N.Y.]1957. url p. 267.
- Field Museum of Natural History bulletin. Chicago, Field Museum of Natural History, [1930]-c1990. url p. 9.
- On the trail of vanishing birds. New York, McGraw-Hill[1957] url p. 244.
- Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. Washington, Biological Society of Washington url p. 10.
- Proceedings of the New England Zoo?logical Club. [Cambridge, Mass.]: The Club, 1899- url p. 94, p. 94.
- Proceedings of the United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.] url p. 581, p. 662.
- Publication. Field Museum of Natural History. Chicago, U.S.A.: The Museum, 1910-1943. url p. 65.
- The birds of North and Middle America: a descriptive catalogue of the higher groups, genera, species, and subspecies of birds known to occur in North America, from the Arctic lands to the Isthmus of Panama, the West Indies and other island Washington: Govt. Print. Off., 1901- url , , .
- Threatened wildlife of the United States. Washington, Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife [for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.]1973. url p. 2.
- What bird is that? A pocket museum of the land birds of the eastern United States, arranged according to season. New York, D. Appleton[c1920] url .
Notes
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Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 9, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 18, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 4 providers.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2764223
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-177408
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13903530
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 177408
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 406568
Footnotes
- Mean = 21.540 meters (70.669 feet), Standard Deviation = 16.220 based on 37 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
