Carolina Parakeet Mugs

Description: Carolina Parakeet / Perruche a Tete Jaune - Restored 19th century parakeet illustration by Jacques Barraband on the Natural History book Histoire Naturelle des Perroquets by Francois Levaillant. Restoration of original digital scanning, with correction of aging imperfections, removal of color cast and original background replacement.

Description: Acrylic Portrait Painting of the extinct bird, the Carolina Parakeet.

Description: Once a species is gone, it's gone. The Carolina Parakeet once darkened the skies of the east coast of the US, but it was driven to extinction by hunting because it was considered a nuisance to crops. Remember this gorgeous little parrot with a depressing t-shirt.

Description: I wish I could have been alive to see these guys in action.

Description: The only parrot native to the eastern US, the Carolina parakeet was declared extinct in 1939