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flag Extinct Carolina Parakeet wiped out by settlers in early 1900s.

flag The Carolina Parakeet, a colorful bird native to the Southeast, once thrived in South Dakota’s river valleys but became extinct due to habitat loss and relentless hunting. flag Despite being admired by Lewis and Clark, the species was viewed as a pest by settlers and wiped out for its feathers. flag The last known individual, Incas, died at the Cincinnati Zoo in 1918, marking the end of the bird that once brightened the northern Great Plains.

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