Guadeloupe parakeet | |
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1722 illustration by Labat of a Guadeloupe parakeet at the top right, with a Guadeloupe amazon and a Lesser Antillean macaw | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Psittaciformes |
Family: | Psittacidae |
Genus: | Psittacara |
Species: | †P. labati
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Binomial name | |
†Psittacara labati (
Rothschild, 1905)
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Location of Guadeloupe |
The Guadeloupe parakeet (Psittacara labati) is a hypothetical species of parrot that would have been endemic to Guadeloupe.
Jean-Baptiste Labat described a population of small parrots living on Guadeloupe:
Those of Guadaloupe are about the size of a blackbird, entirely green, except a few small red feathers, which they have on their head. Their bill is white. They are very gentle, loving, and learn to speak easily. [2]
They were later named Conurus labati, and are now called the Guadeloupe parakeet. It has been postulated to be a separate species based on little evidence. There are no specimens or remains of the extinct parrots. Their taxonomy may never be fully elucidated, and so their postulated status as a separate species is hypothetical. [3] It is presumed to have gone extinct in the late 18th century, if it did indeed exist.
Guadeloupe parakeet | |
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1722 illustration by Labat of a Guadeloupe parakeet at the top right, with a Guadeloupe amazon and a Lesser Antillean macaw | |
Scientific classification
![]() (disputed) | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Psittaciformes |
Family: | Psittacidae |
Genus: | Psittacara |
Species: | †P. labati
|
Binomial name | |
†Psittacara labati (
Rothschild, 1905)
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Location of Guadeloupe |
The Guadeloupe parakeet (Psittacara labati) is a hypothetical species of parrot that would have been endemic to Guadeloupe.
Jean-Baptiste Labat described a population of small parrots living on Guadeloupe:
Those of Guadaloupe are about the size of a blackbird, entirely green, except a few small red feathers, which they have on their head. Their bill is white. They are very gentle, loving, and learn to speak easily. [2]
They were later named Conurus labati, and are now called the Guadeloupe parakeet. It has been postulated to be a separate species based on little evidence. There are no specimens or remains of the extinct parrots. Their taxonomy may never be fully elucidated, and so their postulated status as a separate species is hypothetical. [3] It is presumed to have gone extinct in the late 18th century, if it did indeed exist.