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  2. File:Monk Parakeet nest -- League City, Texas.jpg - Wikipedia

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  3. Monk parakeet - Wikipedia

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    Monk and cliff parakeets are unique among even nesting parrots for their construction of large, external nests in trees or manmade structures instead of using tree cavities. [ 18 ] The monk parrot is a gregarious species which often breeds colonially, building a single large nest with separate entrances for each pair.

  4. 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]

  5. Birding in New York City - Wikipedia

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    Monk parakeets nesting in the Green-Wood Cemetery gate Floyd Bennett Field is a former airport which was added to the Gateway National Recreation Area in 1972. At the time it was not accessible to the general public, and became known for grassland birds like eastern meadowlarks , grasshopper sparrows , and upland sandpipers in the summer, and ...

  6. Feral parrot - Wikipedia

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    Also found in the United States are various naturalized Brotogeris species, mainly B. versicolurus (canary-winged parakeet) and B. chiriri (yellow-chevroned parakeet). Myiopsitta monachus (Monk parakeet) are found in some coastal areas of the East Coast from Florida to coastal Connecticut, in parts of the lower Great Lakes near Chicago, and in ...

  7. 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]

  8. Monk parakeets - Wikipedia

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  9. Carolina parakeet - Wikipedia

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    The Carolina parakeet was a small, green parrot very similar in size and coloration to the extant jenday parakeet and sun conure – the sun conure being its closest living relative. [ 20 ] The majority of the parakeets' plumage was green with lighter green underparts, a bright yellow head and orange forehead and face extending to behind the ...