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Monk Parakeet

Myiopsitta monachus · Family Psittacidae

Myiopsitta monachus

Family Psittacidae

Order
Psittaciformes
Family
Psittacidae
GBIF occurrence records
819,725
Countries and territories with records
88
Monk Parakeet
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About this species

This species has 819,725 occurrence records from 88 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from Argentina (29.6%), the United States (22.4%), Spain (17.2%), Uruguay (5.5%) and Brazil (5.5%); together they account for 80.2% of the total. In Argentina, this species accounts for 1.6% of all bird records in GBIF.

The scientific name Myiopsitta monachus combines the genus name Myiopsitta with the species epithet monachus. It is the only species of the genus Myiopsitta in the Warbla app catalog.

The catalog has GBIF record counts for 324 species of the family Psittacidae. This species ranks 8th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Psittacula krameri. Its record count is 12.4 times the family average (66,299). The family Psittacidae belongs to the order Psittaciformes, which has 337 species in the Warbla app catalog.

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