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Version 2.0

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Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus

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Mark F. Spreyer and Enrique H. Bucher

Version: 2.0 — Published January 1, 1998

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Introduction
Appearance
- Molts
- Bare Parts
- Linear Measurements
- Mass
Systematics
- Geographic Variation
- Subspecies
- Related Species
Distribution, Migration, and Habitat
- Distribution in the Americas
- Distribution Outside the Americas
- Overview of Migration
- Habitat
- Historical Changes to the Distribution
- Fossil History
Diet and Foraging
- Feeding
- Diet
- Food Selection and Storage
- Nutrition and Energetics
- Metabolism and Temperature Regulation
- Drinking, Pellet-Casting, and Defecation
Sounds and Vocal Behavior
- Vocalizations
- Nonvocal Sounds
Behavior
- Locomotion
- Self-Maintenance
- Agonistic Behavior
- Spacing
- Sexual Behavior
- Social and Interspecific Behavior
- Predation
Breeding
- Phenology
- Nest Site
- Nest
- Eggs
- Incubation
- Hatching
- Young Birds
- Parental Care
- Cooperative Breeding
- Brood Parasitism
- Fledgling Stage
- Immature Stage
Demography and Populations
- Measures of Breeding Activity
- Life Span and Survivorship
- Disease and Body Parasites
- Causes of Mortality
- Range
- Population Status
- Population Regulation
Conservation and Management
- Effects of Human Activity
- Management
Priorities for Future Research
Acknowledgments
About the Author(s)

Multimedia
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- Audio
- Video
- Figures
Tables and Appendices

Revision History

References

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Figure 1. Distribution of the Monk Parakeet in North America. - Range Map — Enlarge

Year-round

Migration

Breeding

Non-Breeding

Figure 1. Distribution of the Monk Parakeet in North America.

This species is native to the southern portion of South America. See text for details. Monk Parakeet populations in other parts of North America have not persisted.

Recommended Citation

Spreyer, M. F. and E. H. Bucher (1998). Monk Parakeet (Myiopsitta monachus), version 2.0. In The Birds of North America (A. F. Poole and F. B. Gill, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bna.322

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