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    Lineated Parakeet named Kobe (M) and (F) named Tango Maine Coon Kitty named Christine

    Echo or Mauritius Parakeets

    A Bird of Beauty.


    The Mauritius Parakeet (Psittacula echo) - also known as Echo Parakeet - is the sole survivor of the Psittacula species which inhabited the Southern Indian ocean islands near Madagascar. It is among the rarest extant psittacids in the world. It is endemic to Mauritius in the Mascarene Islands, and formerly might have been found on Réunion as well.
    In the 1980s, there were only about 10 left alive. But, in a rare success story, a two-decade conservation program in a wooded corner of Mauritius has brought the Echo Parakeet back from the brink of extinction.


    http://voices.nationalgeographic.com...y-of-the-dodo/

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    Parrots

    Illiger Macaw (Primolius maracana)
    Cute little guys, with their little eyes and ring neck.

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    Lineated Parakeet named Kobe (M) and (F) named Tango Maine Coon Kitty named Christine
    They are so pretty. Hope someone is doing captive breeding. Not much info. on them.

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