Monk Parakeet

How to identify

Field marks

1. Upperparts bright green
2. Forehead and breast pale gray, with dark scaling
3. Flight feathers dark blue, tail long and tapering
4. Bill orange

Male, female and young

Differences in crown and upperwing covert color between the sexes are not visible to the naked eye; reliable sexing requires DNA or feather testing.

Voice

Loud, harsh calls such as “chape(-yee)” and “quak quaki quak-wi quarr”, also a shrieking “skveet”.

Where and when it's recorded

Monk Parakeet has been recorded at 553 of the 8,171 birding hotspots we track, in 29 countries and regions.

Records by month Southern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

1. Green-Wood Cemetery, BrooklynUnited States11,237 records
2. Reserva Ecológica Costanera SurArgentina11,028 records
3. Jackson Park, Chicago – Wooded Island/Bobolink Meadow areaUnited States5,520 records

Countries and regions with the most records

ArgentinaUnited StatesSpainUruguayBrazilIsraelPuerto RicoParaguay

eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.

About

The monk parakeet (Myiopsitta monachus), also known as the Monk parrot or Quaker parrot, is a species of true parrot in the family Psittacidae. It is a small to medium bright-green parrot with a greyish breast and greenish-yellow abdomen. It originates from the temperate to subtropical areas of South America.

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