Stats

Lifespan

15-20 yrs

Size

Small

Diet

Herbivore

Activity

Diurnal

Social

Colony

Biome

Temperate grassland

Range

South America

Movement

Flight

Breeding

Egg-laying

Defense

Speed

Status

Common

About

Monk Parakeets are a small to medium-sized, bright-green parrot with a greyish breast and greenish-yellow abdomen. They are extremely social creatures and live in large flocks, and they are known to be quite vocal.

Life cycle

1. 1.
   egg

   A few round white eggs are incubated deep in a tree cavity, the female rarely leaving until they hatch.
2. 2.
   hatchling

   A featherless hatchling is fed regurgitated food by both parents inside a tree cavity.
3. 3.
   juvenile

   A feathered juvenile fledges with duller plumage than the adults, learning to crack seeds and to call.
4. 4.
   adult

   Fully grown with bright adult plumage.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Aves

Order

Psittaciformes

Family

Psittacidae

Genus

Myiopsitta

Species

Myiopsitta monachus