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Ecol Evol July 2017 PMID 28770082

Lazarus ecology: Recovering the distribution and migratory patterns of the extinct Carolina parakeet.

Kevin R Burgio, Colin J Carlson, Morgan W Tingley

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Overall, the digital discussions reflect a strong emotional and intellectual engagement, with many posters expressing sadness over the extinctions ('so sad', 'enraged') and interest in conservation and revival efforts ('resurrect the Carolina Parakeet'). The tone varies from admiration for the research to lamenting environmental destruction, illustrating how the publication fosters awareness and an emotional connection to extinct North American bird species.

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Most posts express enthusiasm or support for studying and potentially resurrecting extinct North American birds, indicating a general agreement with the publication's importance.

InterestHigh interest

Posts show high interest, with many expressing curiosity, amazement, and emotional reactions to the idea of extinct birds and the research, evidenced by words like 'I never thought,' 'hard to watch,' and 'so sad.'

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Many discussions reference specific details from the publication or related videos, including calls for conservation, admiration for the research, or sharing personal reflections, demonstrating deep engagement.

ImpactModerate impact

The discussions suggest that the research has a meaningful impact by raising awareness about human-driven extinctions and fostering ideas about ecological restoration, though not all posts imply direct action or policy change.

Abstract in brief

  • The study used historical accounts and museum data to map the distribution and migration patterns of the extinct Carolina parakeet, revealing a smaller range than previously thought and distinct ecological differences between its subspecies.
  • Findings suggest the western subspecies was a seasonal migrant, while the eastern subspecies was not, and that these groups occupied different climatic niches with significant geographical separation.
  • The research highlights the importance of collecting historical occurrence data for extinct species, which can inform conservation efforts, understanding extinction causes, and future deextinction projects.]
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Atlas Pro
@theatlaspro · X

watch it here: https://t.co/7rbOhQ7tjs

Nov 9, 2021 · 18 likes · 11,901 followers View post →
SciShow
@SciShow · X

If you picture a parrot, it's probably hanging out in a rainforest or chilling on a tropical island and not, say, soaring over a cornfield in the middle of Kansas. But, until fairly recently, the United States were home to its very own species of parrot! https://t.co/WGqpEBHe4i https://t.co/kMvOdTBY7U

Mar 9, 2020 · 17 likes · 4 shares · 115,364 followers View post →
Amanda, Lady RatBird
@cinniharpy · X

https://t.co/3dZ6YEeMY5

Dec 15, 2020 · 10 likes · 1,794 followers View post →
Amanda, Lady RatBird
@cinniharpy · X

Mar 9, 2020 · 6 likes · 1,794 followers View post →
BOU
@IBIS_journal · X

Lazarus ecology: Recovering the distribution and migratory patterns of the extinct Carolina parakeet https://t.co/ioYz0eRDpv | @Ecol_Evol | #ornithology https://t.co/b15ItieIjf

Nov 4, 2019 · 5 likes · 1 share · 21,477 followers View post →
Space Grace, temporal anomaly
@dreamsofskies · X

@DilettanteryPod Yeah, it's really sad. IIRC, this video shows some that are taxidermied and also talks about what happened. https://t.co/uCDVobfiVq

Dec 24, 2023 · 2 likes · 8,859 followers View post →

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Venice Bellamy (author)
@venicebellamy.bsky.social · Bluesky

I can't wait till they bring back the Carolina Parakeet! Do it! youtu.be/5hjqXaez7ac?...

Apr 8, 2025 · 2 likes View post →
Leonardo Pozzobon
@pozzoron · X

@jmhorp https://t.co/CAyHFfZfvA Time 32:00 @theatlaspro Theory goes: the extinction of the passenger pigeon gave space for mice to feed on acorns, and mice carry Lyme disease fleas. It's definitely got more complexity to it but yeah, it wasn't Tucker's and RFK's worm diseased brains

May 9, 2024 · 545 followers View post →
A.V.
@tog3tic · X

man... https://t.co/v1kFLL8jKl

Apr 2, 2024 · 33 followers View post →
Space Grace, temporal anomaly
@dreamsofskies · X

@DilettanteryPod Yeah, it's really sad. IIRC, this video shows some that are taxidermied and also talks about what happened. https://t.co/uCDVobfiVq

Dec 24, 2023 · 2 likes · 8,859 followers View post →
House Pigeon
@grebetrees · X

I never thought the extinction of the Passenger Pigeon would be linked to the emergence of Lyme Disease. This video is hard to watch; I was by turns enraged, and weeping. Settlers suck https://t.co/upSQJG3jrk

Mar 9, 2023 · 1 like · 1,085 followers View post →
Hailey.
@samosu_ · X

replies of this nature have reminded me of @theatlaspro’s “the birds i never met” miniseries and now i’m sad https://t.co/8eqCQmEeBd https://t.co/DgJNRx1xVw

Jan 20, 2023 · 1,173 followers View post →
Carlos.
@Carlos_hpg · X

@Le_Guizameaux https://t.co/WpLcSskISI

Feb 1, 2022 · 1,372 followers View post →
Truth of the Universe
@TruthoftheUniv · X

North America's Extinct Birds https://t.co/Mtmmo5mmiM

Jan 23, 2022 · 416 followers View post →
GreenSchoolsAlliance
@GreenSchoolsAll · X

VIDEO: Meet #NorthAmerica's #ExtinctBirds https://t.co/nrQi53NbO2 #Zoology #IndigenousCulture #Ornithology

Dec 5, 2021 · 2 likes · 7,301 followers View post →
Pim van Dam
@pimvandam1997 · X

@MinaMorkoc @groenlinksrdam Kijktip

Nov 21, 2021 · 610 followers View post →
Dumbperson.xlsx
@Herdipal · X

Very good explaination about extinction of animals, especially the birds. Thanks @theatlaspro for showing us how destructive human could be. https://t.co/s905XZcxHV

Nov 11, 2021 · 1 like · 195 followers View post →
Diogenes of Santa Cruz - @hoplit.bsky.social
@hoplitnet · X

it's hard to fully grok how we're already living in a deplenished continental ecosystem, but getting familiar with extinct north american species should be required teaching in elementary school https://t.co/l8w0FPTxT8

Nov 11, 2021 · 9,171 followers View post →
ekokepe
@ekokepe · X

the cost of ignorance The Birds I Never Met | North America's Extinct Birds https://t.co/GwXW8IRolu via @YouTube

Nov 10, 2021 · 360 followers View post →
Runknar
@Runkenstein · X

The Birds I Never Met | North America's Extinct Birds https://t.co/clwoExi44w via @YouTube

Nov 9, 2021 · 1,170 followers View post →
peripatétic
@jowwedd · X

caelan doing the lord's work yet again UGH I LOVE ATLAS PRO https://t.co/jRqhyblKsw

Nov 9, 2021 · 454 followers View post →
Atlas Pro
@theatlaspro · X

watch it here: https://t.co/7rbOhQ7tjs

Nov 9, 2021 · 18 likes · 11,901 followers View post →
Amanda, Lady RatBird
@cinniharpy · X

https://t.co/3dZ6YEeMY5

Dec 15, 2020 · 10 likes · 1,794 followers View post →
MHyoshi
@hyoshi_m · X

@OnCrewsControl You know people kill more sharks than sharks kill people. For that matter people have endangered a lot of spicies. Also I’m pretty sure poachers killed the north Caralina parakeets https://t.co/pjulMCaZ6M We as a species should try to preserve life on Earth.

Jul 31, 2020 · 2 likes · 561 followers View post →
Saint Festivus
@SFestivus · X

RT @nineliv64621794: Its dead https://t.co/lJQlbndxzx

Mar 11, 2020 · 1 share · 33 followers View post →
nine lives
@nineliv64621794 · X

Its dead https://t.co/lJQlbndxzx

Mar 10, 2020 · 1 share · 41 followers View post →
Haley Keller
@haleymkeller · X

North America's Lost Parrot https://t.co/FPmgFDMG1Z

Mar 10, 2020 · 496 followers View post →
Lighterium
@Lighterium · X

https://t.co/fp300AEGkd man that makes me sad ):

Mar 9, 2020 · 1 like · 1 share · 7,068 followers View post →
Amanda, Lady RatBird
@cinniharpy · X

Mar 9, 2020 · 6 likes · 1,794 followers View post →
Saint Festivus
@SFestivus · X

RT @SFestivus: @MissesCleese https://t.co/uaR4rnklRw

Mar 9, 2020 · 3 shares · 33 followers View post →
buniverse
@auniverseb · X

RT @SFestivus: @MissesCleese https://t.co/uaR4rnklRw

Mar 9, 2020 · 3 shares · 39 followers View post →
nine lives
@nineliv64621794 · X

RT @SFestivus: @MissesCleese https://t.co/uaR4rnklRw

Mar 9, 2020 · 3 shares · 41 followers View post →
William Wallace
@bill14051 · X

RT @SciShow: If you picture a parrot, it's probably hanging out in a rainforest or chilling on a tropical island and not, say, soaring over…

Mar 9, 2020 · 4 shares · 345 followers View post →
Space Grace, temporal anomaly
@dreamsofskies · X

Today I learned that we had parrots native to North America, and now I'm sad. https://t.co/IjqxCVtzad

Mar 9, 2020 · 1 like · 8,859 followers View post →
La_Maudite
@La_Maudite · X

RT @SciShow: If you picture a parrot, it's probably hanging out in a rainforest or chilling on a tropical island and not, say, soaring over…

Mar 9, 2020 · 4 shares · 87 followers View post →
Saint Festivus
@SFestivus · X

@MissesCleese https://t.co/uaR4rnklRw

Mar 9, 2020 · 3 shares · 33 followers View post →
e-csce
@e_csce · X

North America's Lost Parrot @ https://t.co/tLdBbU8h1a https://t.co/JGyEEyLyj4

Mar 9, 2020 · 117 followers View post →
Johannes Lüke
@JohannesSLueke · X

New video by SciShow: North America's Lost Parrot https://t.co/0spIlcwaNt

Mar 9, 2020 · 83 followers View post →
State Song Thread Guy
@sayer_of_stuff · X

Long-standing take: we should resurrect the Carolina Parakeet. Ditto for Great Auk. https://t.co/mSF20f3Mek via @YouTube

Mar 9, 2020 · 809 followers View post →
Charles Ikenna
@CharlesIkenna23 · X

North America's Lost Parrot https://t.co/XErtJfuIZ6 via @YouTube

Mar 9, 2020 · 3,224 followers View post →
Ordo Fraterna Fibonacci
@OrdoFibonacci · X

North America's Lost Parrot https://t.co/NVjap55ziZ via @YouTube

Mar 9, 2020 · 2,571 followers View post →
SciShow
@SciShow · X

If you picture a parrot, it's probably hanging out in a rainforest or chilling on a tropical island and not, say, soaring over a cornfield in the middle of Kansas. But, until fairly recently, the United States were home to its very own species of parrot! https://t.co/WGqpEBHe4i https://t.co/kMvOdTBY7U

Mar 9, 2020 · 17 likes · 4 shares · 115,364 followers View post →
Kitty
@kittybravofan · X

North America's Lost Parrot https://t.co/ARladU6cqg via @YouTube

Mar 9, 2020 · 719 followers View post →
MentalChillness
@MentalChillin · X

North America's Lost Parrot https://t.co/xJfdYmOXwA via @YouTube

Mar 9, 2020 · 2,079 followers View post →
BTO Durham
@BTO_Durham · X

RT @IBIS_journal: Lazarus ecology: Recovering the distribution and migratory patterns of the extinct Carolina parakeet https://t.co/ioYz0eR…

Nov 4, 2019 · 1 share · 79 followers View post →
BOU
@IBIS_journal · X

Lazarus ecology: Recovering the distribution and migratory patterns of the extinct Carolina parakeet https://t.co/ioYz0eRDpv | @Ecol_Evol | #ornithology https://t.co/b15ItieIjf

Nov 4, 2019 · 5 likes · 1 share · 21,477 followers View post →
Jacquelyn Gill
@jacquelyngill.bsky.social · Bluesky

Cool paper on the extinct Carolina parakeet by @KRBurgio and @mwtingley: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ece3.3135/full

Jul 6, 2017 · 1 share View post →