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The Seychelles parakeet, or Seychelles Island parrot, is an extinct species of parrot that was endemic to the Seychelles in the Indian Ocean, on the islands of Mahé, Silhouette, and possibly Praslin. Scientifically named Palaeornis wardi by Edward Newton in 1867, it was later moved to the genus Psittacula, though genetic studies have led some researchers to suggest it should return to Palaeornis. The parakeet was about 41 cm (16 in) in length, with a long, pointed tail. The male was mainly green, with blue on parts of the head, a black cheek-stripe, a yellowish underside, and a purple-red wing patch. The female lacked the cheek-stripe and the juvenile resembled the female. The parakeet associated in groups within forests and flew between communal roost sites and feeding areas. It adapted to cultivated areas and its diet included fruit. Though abundant in 1811, it had become rare by 1867 due to human persecution for its perceived damage to crops. The last confirmed individual was shot in 1893. (Full article...)
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In the news
- In Russia, the Wagner mercenary group (leader Yevgeny Prigozhin pictured) stands down after rebelling against the government.
- In China, an explosion at a restaurant in Yinchuan kills 31 people.
- A women's prison riot near Tegucigalpa, Honduras, leaves at least 46 inmates dead.
- Five people die in a submersible implosion in the North Atlantic near the wreck of the Titanic.
- In golf, Wyndham Clark wins the U.S. Open.
On this day
June 29: Feast of Saints Peter and Paul (Western Christianity)
- 1613 – The original Globe Theatre in London burned to the ground after a cannon employed for special effects misfired during a performance of Henry VIII and ignited the roof.
- 1764 – One of the strongest tornadoes in history (pictured) struck Woldegk (in present-day northeastern Germany), killing one person.
- 1864 – A passenger train fell through an open swing bridge into the Richelieu River near present-day Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, killing as many as 99 people and injuring 100 others in Canada's worst railway accident.
- 1913 – More than 50,000 Union and Confederate veterans gathered at the Gettysburg Battlefield, the largest combined reunion of American Civil War veterans ever held.
- 2003 – An overloaded balcony collapsed in Chicago, United States, killing 13 people and injuring 57 others.
- Óláfr Guðrøðarson (d. 1153)
- Ernest Fanelli (b. 1860)
- Jorge Basadre (d. 1980)
- Katharine Hepburn (d. 2003)
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Euthalia aconthea, also known as the common baron, is a medium-sized species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae native to south and south-east Asia. In 1905, Charles Thomas Bingham recorded it to be found throughout peninsular India, except in the desert tracts, and the higher ranges of the Himalayas; Assam; Burma; Tenasserim, extending to the peninsula, and Sumatra. This E. aconthea caterpillar was photographed on Don Det, an island in the Mekong, and part of Si Phan Don, an archipelago in southern Laos. Photograph credit: Basile Morin
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