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The monk parakeet was described by French polymath Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, in 1780 in his Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux. [2] The bird was also illustrated in a hand-coloured plate engraved by François-Nicolas Martinet in the Planches Enluminées D'Histoire Naturelle, which was produced under the supervision of Edme-Louis Daubenton to accompany Buffon's text. [3]
The type species was subsequent designated as the monk parakeet (Myiopsitta monachus) by English zoologist George Robert Gray in 1855. [4] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek mus, muos meaning "mouse" and the Neo-Latin psitta meaning "parrot". [5] The name alludes to the mouse-grey face and underparts of the monk parakeet. [6]
Cliff parakeet Illustration by John Keulemans, 1891 Conservation status Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1) Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Psittaciformes Family: Psittacidae Genus: Myiopsitta Species: M. luchsi Binomial name Myiopsitta luchsi (Finsch, 1868) Synonyms Bolborrhynchus luchsi Finsch, 1868 Myiopsitta monachus luchsi The cliff ...
The Marine Mammal Center, based in California, recently celebrated the 10th anniversary of the opening of Ke Kai Ola, a hospital and conservation program dedicated to monk seals.
In December 2019, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) listed 8460 least concern avian species. [1] Of all evaluated avian species, 76.9% are listed as least concern. No subpopulations of birds have been evaluated by the IUCN.
Hawaiian monk seals grow to be 6-7 feet long, weigh 400-600 pounds, and can live more than 30 years. Males and females are generally the same size — the only way to tell them apart is to look at ...
Brotogeris is a genus of small parrots endemic to Central and South America. Their closest relatives are the monk parakeet and the cliff parakeet in the genus Myiopsitta.They eat seeds and fruit. [1]
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species is the best-known worldwide conservation status listing and ranking system. [ 8 ] Over 50% of the world's species are estimated to be at risk of extinction, [ 9 ] but the frontier between categories such as 'endangered', 'rare', or 'locally extinct' species is often difficult to draw given the general ...