The Guadeloupe parakeet (''Psittacara labati'') is a hypothetical species of parrot that would have been

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Guadeloupe Guadeloupe (; ; gcf, label=Antillean Creole, Gwadloup, ) is an archipelago and overseas department and region of France in the Caribbean. It consists of six inhabited islands—Basse-Terre, Grande-Terre, Marie-Galante, La Désirade, and the ...

Description

Jean-Baptiste Labat described a population of small parrots living on

Extinctbirds1907 P16 Conurus labati0313-cropped

Taxonomy

They were later named ''Conurus labati'', and are now called the Guadeloupe parakeet. It has been postulated to be a separate species based on little evidence. There are no specimens or remains of the

extinct Extinction is the termination of a kind of organism or of a group of kinds (taxon), usually a species. The moment of extinction is generally considered to be the death of the last individual of the species, although the capacity to breed and ...

parrots. Their taxonomy may never be fully elucidated, and so their postulated status as a separate species is hypothetical. It is presumed to have gone extinct in the late 18th century, if it did indeed exist.

References

Aratinga Birds described in 1905 Bird extinctions since 1500 Taxa named by Walter Rothschild Controversial parrot taxa Extinct birds of the Caribbean Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Hypothetical extinct species {{Guadeloupe-stub