What was the only native parrot in the eastern United States, extinct by 1918?

The only native parrot in the eastern United States, extinct by 1918, was the Carolina parakeet.

The Carolina parakeet (Conuropsis carolinensis) was a small, vividly colored parrot with a green body, yellow head, reddish-orange face, and pale bill. It lived not only in the eastern United States but also across parts of the Midwest and Great Plains. Large, noisy flocks once made it one of North America’s most conspicuous birds.

Its decline had several causes. Forest clearing destroyed nesting habitat, while farmers often killed the birds because they fed on crops. The birds were also hunted for their feathers and captured for the cage-bird trade. Their habit of returning to help wounded flockmates may have made whole groups easier to kill.

The last confirmed wild bird was killed in Florida in 1904, although unverified reports continued afterward. The last captive bird, a male named Incas, died at Cincinnati Zoo on February 21, 1918. He lived in the same zoo as Martha, the last passenger pigeon, which had died four years earlier.