Category

Carolina Parakeet

The now-extinct Carolina parakeet was a colorful, gregarious bird found widely in the U.S, from Texas to Florida, and north to Nebraska, Ohio and Virginia. With declines seen in the early 1800s, and extinction in 1940 or before, the possible factors in its disappearance are varied, but include avian flu, habitat loss, egg and specimen collection, bee competition, the millinery trade, and other possible causes.

Interviews

Narrator: Kevin BurgioTitle: De-extinctionDuration: 00:03:15Date: September 12, 2025Dr. Kevin Burgio, a spatial ecologist and conservation scientist, has extensively studied the now-extinct Carolina parakeet. In recent years, the possibility of recreating some hybrid facsimile of a Carolina parakeet has arisen. Here he discusses the appeal of the idea, but the serious downside as well.Narrator: Kevin BurgioTitle: Cautionary TaleDuration: 00:01:55Date: September 12, 2025Dr. Kevin Burgio, a conservation biologist who is one of the leading experts on the Carolina parakeet, explains how the study of this long-extinct American bird can offer valuable insights into the conservation of tropical parrots now facing challenges likely quite similar to those that it encountered.