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Seychelles parakeet
Seychelles parakeet pair.jpg
Illustration of a male (front) and female, by John Gerrard Keulemans, 1876
Conservation status

Extinct  (1883) (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Genus:
Psittacula
Species:
wardi
Seychelles in its region (small islands magnified).svg
Location of the Seychelles
Synonyms
  • Palaeornis wardi Newton, 1867
  • Psittacula eupatria wardi (Newton, 1867)

The Seychelles parakeet (Psittacula wardi) is an extinct bird. It used to live on the Seychelles islands in the Indian Ocean.

Images for kids

  • Alexandrine Parakeets (Psittacula eupatria)

    Two male Alexandrine parakeets; this species is the closest living relative of the Seychelles parakeet

  • Psittacula.wardi.jgk

    Illustration of a male, by Keulemans, 1907

  • Psittacula wardi by Marianne North

    Only known depiction from life, showing a captive juvenile (left) and male, by Marianne North, 1883

See also

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