The monk parakeet, also known as the Quaker parrot, is a species of true parrot in the family Psittacidae. It is a small, bright-green parrot with a greyish breast and greenish-yellow abdomen. Its average lifespan is 20–30 years. It originates from the temperate to subtropical areas of Argentina and the surrounding countries in South America. Self-sustaining feral populations occur in many places, mainly in North America and Europe. Source: Wikipedia
Citation:
(Boddaert, P 1783)
Reference:
Table Planches Enlum. D'Aubenton
Protonym:
Psittacus monachus
Type locality:
Ex Daubenton, pi. 768, no locality = Montevideo, Uruguay.
Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/88617#page/70/mode/1up
Avibase ID:
35810386DDA72E08
Avibase ID:
avibase-35810386
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/35810386
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 177723
Geographic range:
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Monk Parakeet ( Myiopsitta monachus) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Monk Parakeet ( Myiopsitta monachus) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Monk Parakeet ( Myiopsitta monachus) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Monk Parakeet ( Myiopsitta monachus) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Monk Parakeet ( Myiopsitta monachus) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Monk Parakeet ( Myiopsitta monachus) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Monk Parakeet ( Myiopsitta monachus) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Monk Parakeet ( Myiopsitta monachus) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Monk Parakeet ( Myiopsitta monachus) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Monk Parakeet ( Myiopsitta monachus) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Monk Parakeet ( Myiopsitta monachus) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Monk Parakeet ( Myiopsitta monachus) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Monk Parakeet ( Myiopsitta monachus) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Monk Parakeet ( Myiopsitta monachus) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Monk Parakeet ( Myiopsitta monachus) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Monk Parakeet ( Myiopsitta monachus) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Monk Parakeet ( Myiopsitta monachus) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Monk Parakeet ( Myiopsitta monachus) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Monk Parakeet ( Myiopsitta monachus) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Monk Parakeet ( Myiopsitta monachus) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Monk Parakeet ( Myiopsitta monachus) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Monk Parakeet ( Myiopsitta monachus) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Monk Parakeet ( Myiopsitta monachus) [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (as published): Monk Parakeet ( Myiopsitta monachus) [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions): Monk Parakeet ( Myiopsitta monachus) [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions): Monk Parakeet ( Myiopsitta monachus) [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions): Monk Parakeet ( Myiopsitta monachus) [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions): Monk Parakeet ( Myiopsitta monachus) [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions): Monk Parakeet ( Myiopsitta monachus) [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions): Monk Parakeet ( Myiopsitta monachus) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition: Monk Parakeet ( Myiopsitta monachus) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions): Monk Parakeet ( Myiopsitta monachus) [version 1] |
eBird version 1.50: Monk Parakeet (Monk) ( Myiopsitta monachus [monachus Group]) [version 1] |
eBird version 1.52: Monk Parakeet (Monk) ( Myiopsitta monachus [monachus Group]) [version 1] |
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eBird version 1.55: Monk Parakeet (Monk) ( Myiopsitta monachus [monachus Group]) [version 1] |
eBird version 2015: Monk Parakeet (Monk) ( Myiopsitta monachus [monachus Group]) [version 1] |
eBird version 2016: Monk Parakeet (Monk) ( Myiopsitta monachus [monachus Group]) [version 1] |
eBird version 2017: Monk Parakeet (Monk) ( Myiopsitta monachus [monachus Group]) [version 1] |
eBird version 2018: Monk Parakeet (Monk) ( Myiopsitta monachus [monachus Group]) [version 1] |
eBird version 2019: Monk Parakeet (Monk) ( Myiopsitta monachus [monachus Group]) [version 1] |
eBird version 2021: Monk Parakeet (Monk) ( Myiopsitta monachus [monachus Group]) [version 1] |
eBird version 2022: Monk Parakeet (Monk) ( Myiopsitta monachus [monachus Group]) [version 1] |
eBird version 2023: Monk Parakeet (Monk) ( Myiopsitta monachus [monachus Group]) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Monk Parakeet ( Myiopsitta monachus) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Monk Parakeet ( Myiopsitta monachus) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Monk Parakeet ( Myiopsitta monachus) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Monk Parakeet ( Myiopsitta monachus) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Monk Parakeet ( Myiopsitta monachus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0: Monk Parakeet ( Myiopsitta monachus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1: Monk Parakeet ( Myiopsitta monachus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5: Monk Parakeet ( Myiopsitta monachus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6: Monk Parakeet ( Myiopsitta monachus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7: Monk Parakeet ( Myiopsitta monachus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: Monk Parakeet ( Myiopsitta monachus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: Monk Parakeet ( Myiopsitta monachus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Monk Parakeet ( Myiopsitta monachus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Monk Parakeet ( Myiopsitta monachus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Monk Parakeet ( Myiopsitta monachus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Monk Parakeet ( Myiopsitta monachus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Monk Parakeet ( Myiopsitta monachus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Monk Parakeet ( Myiopsitta monachus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Monk Parakeet ( Myiopsitta monachus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Monk Parakeet ( Myiopsitta monachus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Monk Parakeet ( Myiopsitta monachus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Monk Parakeet ( Myiopsitta monachus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Monk Parakeet ( Myiopsitta monachus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Monk Parakeet ( Myiopsitta monachus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Monk Parakeet ( Myiopsitta monachus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Monk Parakeet ( Myiopsitta monachus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Monk Parakeet ( Myiopsitta monachus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Monk Parakeet ( Myiopsitta monachus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Monk Parakeet ( Myiopsitta monachus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Monk Parakeet ( Myiopsitta monachus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Monk Parakeet ( Myiopsitta monachus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Monk Parakeet ( Myiopsitta monachus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Monk Parakeet ( Myiopsitta monachus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Monk Parakeet ( Myiopsitta monachus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Monk Parakeet ( Myiopsitta monachus) [version 1] |
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01: Monk Parakeet ( Myiopsitta monachus) [version 1] |
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.02: Monk Parakeet ( Myiopsitta monachus) [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)
This taxon is considered a subspecies of
Myiopsitta [monachus or luchsi]
(sensu lato) by some authors
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Other synonyms
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