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Monk Parakeet

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Monk Parakeet

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Also known as Myiopsitta monachus, Mylopsitta monachus

species of bird

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Vinony's link graph records 135 inbound references to Monk Parakeet, and connects out to binomial nomenclature, subspecies and Handbook of the Birds of the World.

It sits within the topics Birds described in 1783, Birds of Argentina and Birds of Paraguay.

Vinony links it to 40 Wikipedia language editions.

Species

Least Concern

オキナインコ(翁鸚哥、学名:Myiopsitta monachus)は、オウム目インコ科に分類される鳥。

via IUCN

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taxon name
Myiopsitta monachus
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Myiopsitta monachus
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Myiopsitta monachus
taxon common name
caturrita-argentina
short name
M. monachus
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Encyclopedic overview

The monk parakeet (Myiopsitta monachus), also known as the monk parrot or Quaker parrot, is a species of true parrot in the family Psittacidae. It is a small to medium, bright-green parrot with a greyish breast and greenish-yellow abdomen. Its average lifespan is approximately 15 years. It originates from the temperate to subtropical areas of South America. Self-sustaining feral populations occur in many places, mainly in areas of similar climate in North America and Europe.

Taxonomy

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Monk Parakeet” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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