Herons, egrets, and Carolina parakeets were prime targets for U.S. plume merchants. The passage of the Weeks-McLean Act in 1913 outlawed the commercial hunting of migratory birds, effectively ...

But just over a century ago, we still had a native parrot species, too. Quite the looker: The Carolina parakeet (Conuropsis carolinensis) was a small parrot with brilliant green plumage ...