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that the bird was seemingly unafraid of gunshots, making it particularly vulnerable to hunting. Bond attributed the bird's extinction to the large number of pigeon hunters who travelled to Mona Island. Deforestation of the island may also have played a role.
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each possess one skin. Although it is believed the species may also have existed on Puerto Rico, all the existing specimens were collected from Mona Island. The specimen in the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle is the
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The last bird was seen in 1882, by W. W. Brown, who collected the specimen which now resides at the
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Olson, S. L. (2015). "History, morphology, and fossil record of the extinct Puerto Rican Parakeet
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Three specimens of the bird still exist. Beyond the one in the
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Biogeography of the West Indies: Patterns and Perspectives
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Charles Arthur Woods, Florence Etienne Sergile (2001).
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Conservation status
Extinct
Scientific classification
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Eukaryota
Animalia
Chordata
Aves
Psittaciformes
Psittacidae
Psittacara
Binomial name
Souancé
Synonyms
extinct
species
Mona Island
Puerto Rico
Naturalis Biodiversity Center
Hispaniolan parakeet
IUCN
seeds
fruits
termite
gregarious
calling
maize
Field Museum
Chicago

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