Réunion Parakeet

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Réunion Parakeet
Conservation status
Extinct (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Psittaciformes Family: Psittacidae Genus: Psittacula Species: P. eques Subspecies: P. eques eques
Trinomial name
Psittacula eques eques

The Réunion Parakeet (Psittacula eques eques) was a little-known and extinct subspecies, sometimes considered a full species, of parakeet which used to inhabit Réunion Island in the western Indian Ocean. It was closely related to the extant but endangered Mauritius Parakeet and became extinct in about 1770.^[1]

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• Mauritius Parakeet