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=== Carolina parakeet ===
''Conuropsis carolinensis'', the [[Carolina parakeet]], was one of only two parrot species [[endemic]] to the United States in recorded history. The Carolina parakeet was a remarkably social bird, living in vast flocks. American bird hunters reported that Carolina parakeets would return to mourn dead members of the flock, making themselves easy targets. Considered a pest, popular in the pet trade, and bearing plume feathers valued for hats, this species was hunted to extinction around the beginning of the 1900s.