Interesting Facts
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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Gray-Breasted Parrot, Gray-Headed Parakeet, Green Monk Parakeet, Monk, Monk Parakeet, Quaker Parakeet
Common Names in French:
Conure Veuve
Common Names in German:
Mönchssittich
Common Names in Italian:
Parrocchetto Monaco
Common Names in Japanese:
オキナインコ
Description
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Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 432 meters (0 to 1,417 feet).[1]
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Aves
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- Subclass:
Avialae
()
- Gauthier, 1986
- Infraclass:
Aves
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
- Cohort:
Neognathae
()
- Pycraft, 1900
- Superorder:
Psittacimorphae
()
- Huxley, 1867
- Order:
Psittaciformes
()
- Wagler, 1830
- Family:
Psittacidae
()
- Illiger, 1811
- Subfamily:
Psittacinae
()
- Tribe:
Arini
()
- Genus:
Myiopsitta
()
- Bonaparte 1854
- Specific name:
monachus
- Subspecies:
monachus
- Scientific name: - Myiopsitta monachus monachus (Boddaert) 1783 (Boddaert) 1783 TablePlanchesEnlum. p.48
- Subspecies:
monachus
- Specific name:
monachus
- Genus:
Myiopsitta
(
- Tribe:
Arini
(
- Subfamily:
Psittacinae
(
- Family:
Psittacidae
(
- Order:
Psittaciformes
(
- Superorder:
Psittacimorphae
(
- Cohort:
Neognathae
(
- Infraclass:
Aves
(
- Subclass:
Avialae
(
- Class:
Aves
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Myiopsitta monachus (Boddaert
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Myiopsitta
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 3 species and subspecies in this genus:
M. luchsi (Cliff Parakeet) · (Gray-Headed Parakeet) · M. monachus monachus (Gray-Headed Parakeet)
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Further Reading
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- Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. url p. 17.
- Check-list of birds of the world. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1931-1987. url p. 200.
- Ornithological gazetteer of Argentina / Raymond A. Paynter. 1995 Cambridge, Mass.: Obtainable from Bird Dept., Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, 1995. url p. 1011.
- Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. Washington, etc.: Entomological Society of Washington url p. 108.
Notes
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Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 1695892
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1034002
Footnotes
- Mean = 82.330 meters (270.112 feet), Standard Deviation = 117.930 based on 12 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
