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Parrot</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="40%"> <p>Local English Name</p> </td> <td width="60%" height="19"> <p>&nbsp;</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="40%"> <p>French Name</p> </td> <td width="60%"> <p>&nbsp;</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="40%"> <p>Local French Name</p> </td> <td width="60%" height="22"> <p>&nbsp;</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="40%"> <p>Creole Name</p> </td> <td width="60%"> <p>&nbsp;</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="40%" height="16"> <p>Habitat</p> </td> <td width="60%" height="16"> <p> Terrestrial</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="40%"> <p>Geographic Range</p> </td> <td width="60%"> <p>Mauritius, Mascarene Islands</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="40%"> <p>Status</p> </td> <td width="60%" height="22"> <p>Extinct, last mention 1764</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="40%"> <p>First Description</p> </td> <td width="60%"> <p>Holyoak, 1973 </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table width="98%" border="0"> <tbody class="ArialBlack"> <tr bgcolor="CC0033"> <td colspan="2" valign="middle" align="left" class="Trafiletto" height="20"> <a name=contents>Classification</a> </td> </tr> <tr valignment="top"> <td width="62"> <p> Kingdom<br> Phylum<br> Sub phylum<br> Class<br> Sub class<br> Super order<br> Order<br> Family<br> Sub-Family <br> Genus<br> Species</p> </td> <td width="163" valign="top"> <p> <a href="http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/animalia.html" target="_blank">Animalia</a><br> <a href="http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/chordata.html" target="_blank">Chordata</a><br> <a href="http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/vertebrata.html" target="_blank">Vertebrata</a> <br> <a href="http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/chordata/aves.html" target="_blank">Aves</a><br> <font size=2>Neornithes</font> <br> <font size=2><a href="http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/chordata/aves.html" target="_blank">Neognathae</a></font> <br> Psittaciformes<br> Psittacidae <br> <br> <br> Lophopsittacus bensoni </p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>&nbsp;</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top colspan=2></td> <td width="330" valign="top"> <p>Mauritius Grey Parrot Lophopsittacus bensoni was described from a lower mandible, palatine and tarsometatarsi found in caves near Port Louis, Mauritius, and was almost certainly the small grey parrot described by numerous early writers. </p> <p>In 1764,Cossigny noted that  the woods are full of parrots, either completely grey or completely green. One used to eat them a lot formerly, the grey especially... , but this was the last mention of the species, and presumably it declined rapidly to extinction through overhunting. There are also a number of reports of small grey parrots from Réunion which probably refer to this or a closely related species.</p> </td> <td valign=top colspan=2></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top colspan=2></td> <td width="330" valign="top"> <table border="0" width="100%"> <tr> <td> <div align="right"><a href="#" onClick="history.go(-1)"><img src="/Images/red-arrowleft.gif" width="6" height="6" border="0">&nbsp;Back</a></div> </td> <td> <div align="right"><a href="#Top"><img src="/Images/red-arrowrup.gif" width="8" height="8" border="0">&nbsp;Top</a></div> </td> </tr> </table> </td> <td valign=top colspan=2></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> <td width="282" > <table cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=269 border=0> <tbody class="ArialBlack"> <tr bgcolor=#CC0033> <td width=5 height="1"><img height=1 alt=. src="/Images/pixel.gif" width=5 border=0></td> <td width=176 height="1"><img height=1 alt=. src="/Images/pixel.gif" width=116 border=0></td> <td width=88 height="1"><img height=1 alt=. src="/Images/pixel.gif" width=1 border=0></td> </tr> <tr bgcolor=#CC0033> <td width=5 height="20"><img height=1 alt=. src="/Images/pixel.gif" width=5 border=0></td> <td colspan="3" valign="middle" align="left" class="Trafiletto" height="20">Extinct Birds</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan=3 height=5></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td width=5 height="63" ></td> <td width=176> <p><a href="/Nature/Fauna/Birds/Extinct/index.html">Index</a><br> <a href="/Nature/Fauna/Birds/Extinct/Dodo.htm">Dodo</a><br> <a href="/Nature/Fauna/Birds/Extinct/BluePigeon.htm">Blue Pigeon</a> <br> <a href="/Nature/Fauna/Birds/Extinct/BroadBilledParrot.htm">Broad-billed Parrot</a> <br> <a href="/Nature/Fauna/Birds/Extinct/GreyParrot.htm">Grey&nbsp;Parrot</a><br> <a href="/Nature/Fauna/Birds/Extinct/MascareneCoot.htm">Mascarene&nbsp;Coot</a><br> <a href="/Nature/Fauna/Birds/Extinct/MauritianDuck.htm">Mauritian&nbsp;Duck</a><br> <a href="/Nature/Fauna/Birds/Extinct/MauritiusOwl.htm">Mauritius&nbsp;Owl</a><br> <a href="/Nature/Fauna/Birds/Extinct/MascareneSwan.htm">Mascarene&nbsp;Swan</a><br> <a href="/Nature/Fauna/Birds/Extinct/NightHeron.htm">Mauritius Night&nbsp;Heron</a><br> <a href="/Nature/Fauna/Birds/Extinct/RedHen.htm">Red&nbsp;Rail</a> <br> <a href="/Nature/Fauna/Birds/Extinct/BourbonCrestedStarling.htm">Bourbon Crested Starling</a><br> </p> <p> <a href="/Nature/Fauna/Birds/Extinct/Solitaire.htm">Rodrigues&nbsp;Solitaire</a><br> <a href="/Nature/Fauna/Birds/Extinct/RodriguesNightHeron.htm">Rodrigues Night Heron</a><br> <a href="/Nature/Fauna/Birds/Extinct/RodriguesLittleOwl.htm">Rodrigues Little Owl</a><br> <a href="/Nature/Fauna/Birds/Extinct/RodriguesOwl.htm">Rodrigues&nbsp;Owl</a><br> <a href="/Nature/Fauna/Birds/Extinct/NewtonsParakeet.htm">Newton's Parakeet</a><br> <a href="/Nature/Fauna/Birds/Extinct/RodriguesParrot.htm">Rodrigues&nbsp;Parrot </a><br> <a href="/Nature/Fauna/Birds/Extinct/RodriguesPigeon.htm">Rodrigues&nbsp;Pigeon</a><br> <a href="/Nature/Fauna/Birds/Extinct/RodriguesRail.htm">Rodrigues&nbsp;Rail</a><br> <a href="/Nature/Fauna/Birds/Extinct/RodriguesStarling.htm">Rodrigues&nbsp;Starling</a></p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>&nbsp;</p> <table cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=65% border=0> <tbody class="ArialBlack"> <tr bgcolor="CC0033"> <td width=8 height="1"><img height=1 alt=. src="/Images/pixel.gif" width=5 border=0></td> <td width=205 height="1"><img height=1 alt=. src="/Images/pixel.gif" width=116 border=0></td> <td width=1 height="1"><img height=1 alt=. src="/Images/pixel.gif" width=1 border=0></td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="CC0033"> <td width=8 height="20"><img height=8 alt=. src="/Images/pixel.gif" width=8 border=0></td> <td colspan="3" valign="middle" align="left" class="Trafiletto" height="20">Links</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan=3 height=5></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td width=8 ></td> <td width=205> <p><a href="http://www.redlist.org/search/details.php?species=1" target="_blank">IUCN Red List</a><br> <a href="http://www.birdlife.net/datazone/search/species_search.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&amp;sid=30071&amp;m=0" target="_blank">Birdlife International</a> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp; 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