art exhibition

tags: John James Audubon, Bird Art, ornithology, birds, avian, New York Historical Society, endangered species Carolina Parakeet (Carolina Parrot), Conuropsis carolinensis, by John James Audubon (American, born Santo Domingo [now Haiti], 1785-1851). Havell plate no. 26. Watercolor, graphite, pastel, gouache, and black ink with scratching out and selective glazing on paper, laid on thin board. The Carolina parakeet, Conuropsis carolinensis, now extinct, was the only native species of parrot in the United States. The last known wild Carolina parakeet was killed in Florida in 1904 [larger size…