Réunion parakeet (Psittacula eques eques)

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Subject:	Réunion parakeet (Psittacula eques eques)
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Description
Perruche a double collier (Psittacula eques eques)
Date 1801
Source Histoire naturelle des perroquets. Volume 1 by Francois Levaillant https://archive.org/stream/mobot31753003742951#page/39/mode/1up
Author Jacques Barraband (1767–1809)
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Levaillant_Parrot_39.jpg

The Réunion parakeet (Psittacula eques eques) was a little-known parakeet, extinct from about 1770, which formerly inhabited Réunion Island in the western Indian Ocean. It was similar to the echo parakeet of Mauritius. The two may either be distinct subspecies of the same species or the same taxon.

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