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From: andrewt@cs.su.oz (Andrew Taylor)
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Subject: Carolina Parakeet (US Endemic Bird Species)
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Date: 12 Sep 90 01:24:52 GMT
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In article <1990Sep11.164408.3602@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> rcb33483@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Kehaar) writes:
>Yes, it was--I believe it was the only parrot on the planet that was endemic to
>an area with a termperate clime.  I KNOW it was the only parrot endemic to N.
>America.  Until we (mainly orchard owners) hunted that to extinction.

There are quite few temperate parrots though only a couple in the
Northen hemisphere. I think the Carolina Parakeet could have been the
northern-most parrot if it was found further north than the Thick-Billed.