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From: dmark@acsu.buffalo.edu (David Mark)
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Subject: Re: US Endemic Bird Species (Quiz)
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Date: 11 Sep 90 18:20:19 GMT
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In article <1990Sep11.164408.3602@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> rcb33483@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Kehaar) writes:
>>The Heath Hen was a subspecies. Was the Carolina Parakeet a US endemic?
>
>Yes, it was--I believe it was the only parrot on the planet that was endemic to
>an area with a termperate clime.  ...

Not true.  The Monk Parakeet, treated as a pest by USDA, is from temperate
Argentina.  And there are some parrots in Tasmania, including at least
one endemic.

>                             ...  I KNOW it was the only parrot endemic to N.
>America.  

Correct, if North America excludes the Carribean islands and Mexico and
Central America.

David Mark
dmark@acsu.buffalo.edu