Seychelles parakeet

Seychelles parakeet
Illustration of a male (front) and female, by John Gerrard Keulemans, 1876
Conservation status
Extinct (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Order:	Psittaciformes
Family:	Psittaculidae
Genus:	Psittacula
Species:	†P. wardi
Binomial name
Psittacula wardi (Newton, 1867)
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.

Seychelles Parakeet Media

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  Two male Alexandrine parakeets. This species is the closest living relative of the Seychelles parakeet.

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  Illustration of a male, by Keulemans, 1907

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