Museum collection reveals distribution of Carolina parakeet 100 years after its extinction

(Pensoft Publishers) While 2018 marks the centenary of the death of the last captive Carolina parakeet -- North America's only native parrot, a team of researchers have shed new light on the previously known geographical range of the species. Their data paper, published in the open access Biodiversity Data Journal, is the most comprehensive occurrence dataset for the species ever produced.

Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - June 19, 2018 Category: Biology Source Type: news