Incas (parakeet)

Incas
The species as portrayed by John James Audubon in 1842. There are no known photographs of Incas or his captive group.
SpeciesCarolina parakeet (Conuropsis carolinensis)
SexMale
Hatchedbefore 1885
Likely in Florida if not captive bred
Died(1918-02-21)February 21, 1918 (aged at least 33)
Cincinnati, Ohio
Resting placeUnknown
Known forLast known living Carolina parakeet

Incas (before 1885 – February 21, 1918) was a male Carolina parakeet and the last member of his species known with certainty. Though probable sightings of wild Carolina parakeets continued into the 1930s, and the American Ornithologists Union accepted a sighting in 1920, no specimens were collected after 1904 and he is often cited as the last individual in existence. Incas died in the Cincinnati Zoo in 1918, in the same enclosure as Martha, the last passenger pigeon, who died in 1914.[1][2] He died within one year of his mate, Lady Jane.[3]

  1. ^ "The last Carolina Parakeet". John James Audubon Center. December 22, 2015.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference lost was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Snyder, Noel (June 2004). The Carolina Parakeet: Glimpses of a Vanished Bird. Princeton University Press.