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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. Feral parrot - Wikipedia

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   The orange-winged amazon (Amazona amazonica) has been introduced to Tenerife in the Canary Islands, where it has been observed successfully hybridizing with a feral scaly-headed parrot (Pionus maximiliani) and also attempting to breed with feral monk parakeet (Myiopsitta monachus) and rose-ringed parakeet (Psittacula krameri), even involving ...

5. 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]

6. Monk parakeets - Wikipedia

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7. Cliff parakeet - Wikipedia

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   The cliff parakeet builds a bulky stick nest on cliffs. Unlike the nests of the monk parakeet, they are not communal, but may be built close together. (The two species are the only parrots that do not nest in cavities or burrows.) The clutch size is thought to be about six eggs. There is some evidence that two broods are sometimes raised in one ...

8. List of parrots - Wikipedia

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   Bonaparte's parakeet: P. lucianii (Deville, 1851) LC: Northwest Amazon rainforest in Brazil Rose-fronted parakeet: P. roseifrons (Gray, 1859) LC: Along the Peru/Brazil border and Peru/Bolivia border Wavy-breasted parakeet: P. peruviana Hocking, Blake, and Joseph, 2002: LC: Along the Marañón river in northern Peru and Ecuador White-eared parakeet

9. List of films banned in the United States - Wikipedia

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   This is a list of films that are or have been at one time or another banned in the United States; including films banned in some American cities or states.This also includes television specials, and films that were not banned from theaters but were banned from airing it on television.