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  2. Monk parakeet - Wikipedia

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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]

  3. Myiopsitta - Wikipedia

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    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]

  4. Cliff parakeet - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  5. Monk seal on Maui taken to hospital for emergency care - AOL

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    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.

  6. List of least concern birds - Wikipedia

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    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.

  7. What’s Being Done to Save the Hawaiian Monk Seal (and What ...

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    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 ...

  8. Brotogeris - Wikipedia

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    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]

  9. Endangered species - Wikipedia

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    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 ...