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A Biologist Tells The Story Of America’s Only Two Native Parakeets — One Lost To The World Forever In 1918 And Another That Thrives In South Texas

A Biologist Tells The Story Of America’s Only Two Native Parakeets — One Lost To The World Forever In 1918 And Another That Thrives In South Texas
Sadly, hundreds of bird species have gone extinct in the past few centuries. Here’s one example, and the story of how it happened (along with the story of its surviving cousin).

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