Monk Parakeet

Myiopsitta monachus - Perriche veuve Conure veuve

Systematics

Order
:
Psittaciformes
Family
:
Psittacidés
Genus
:
Myiopsitta
Species
:
monachus

Descriptor

Boddaert, 1783

Biometrics

Size
: 29 cm
Wingspan
: 43 à 48 cm.
Weight
: 90 à 140 g

Longevity

20 years

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Monk Parakeet (Myiopsitta monachus) is a species of bird in the Psittacidae family.

Subspecific information 3 subspecies

Myiopsitta monachus monachus (se Brazil, Uruguay and ne Argentina)
Myiopsitta monachus cotorra (s Bolivia, s Brazil, Paraguay and nw Argentina)
Myiopsitta monachus calita (w Argentina)

Foreign names

Perriche veuve,
Cotorra argentina,
caturrita-argentina,
Mönchssittich,
barátpapagáj,
Monniksparkiet,
Parrocchetto monaco,
munkparakit,
Munkeparakitt,
mních zelený,
mníšek šedý,
Munkeparakit,
munkkiaratti,
cotorreta de pit gris,
Munkpáfi,
mnicha,
mūku papagailis,
meniška papiga,
Калита,
オキナインコ,
灰胸鹦哥,
munkparakit,
和尚鸚哥,

Voice song and cries

play
pause

Habitat

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland ; Savanna : Dry ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land, Pastureland, Plantations, Rural Gardens, Urban Areas, Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status

Extinct

Threatened

Least
concern

Extinc
in the Wild

Near
threatened

Not
evaluated

EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Illustration

Access to all images

Sources of information

Vol. 4 - Handbook of the Birds of the World, Josep del Hoyo-Andrew Elliott-Jordi Sargatal
Parrots, Tony Juniper
Parrots of the World, Joseph M. Forshaw
ARKive, Christopher Parsons
Avibase, Lepage Denis
Wikipédia, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
IOC World Bird List (v14.2), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2024-04-18.

Other sources of interest