Monk Parakeet
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Monk Parakeet

Myiopsitta monachus

Silhouette: Sheatherius · PhyloPic

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
Daily sighting probability Insufficient data
at Doñana National Park
3 Verified sightings at Doñana National Park From 2019 to 2026
6,368 Verified sightings across all 22 parks From 2019 to 2026
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

About the Monk Parakeet

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. Self-sustaining feral populations occur in many places, mainly in areas of similar climate in North America and Europe.

The monk parakeet was described by French polymath Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, in 1780 in his Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux. 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. Neither the plate caption nor Buffon's description included a scientific name, but in 1783, Dutch naturalist Pieter Boddaert coined the binomial name Psittacus monachus in his catalogue of the Planches Enluminées. As Buffon did not specify the origin of his specimen, in 1937 the American ornithologist James Peters assigned the type location as Montevideo, Uruguay. The monk parakeet... Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Doñana National Park

Budgerigar
LC

Budgerigar

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Melopsittacus undulatus

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data
Rose-ringed Parakeet

Rose-ringed Parakeet

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Psittacula krameri

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

Global Distribution

Warmer areas are where this animal is recorded most often.

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 El Palmar National Park 🇦🇷 Argentina
~80%
2 El Impenetrable National Park 🇦🇷 Argentina
~80%
3 Iberá National Park 🇦🇷 Argentina
~70%
4 Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas 🇧🇷 Brazil
~40%
5 Cañón del Sumidero National Park 🇲🇽 Mexico
~20%
6 Iguazú National Park 🇦🇷 Argentina
~10%
7 El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
~10%
8 Bahía de Loreto National Park 🇲🇽 Mexico
~10%
9 Sierra Nevada National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
~10%
10 Iguaçu National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~10%
11 Everglades National Park 🇺🇸 United States
~10%
12 Tijuca National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
<5%
13 Mercantour National Park 🇫🇷 France
<5%
14 Amboró National Park 🇧🇴 Bolivia
<5%
15 Chapada dos Guimarães National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
<5%
16 Noel Kempff Mercado National Park 🇧🇴 Bolivia
Insufficient data
17 Serra dos Órgãos National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
Insufficient data
18 Doñana National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
Insufficient data
19 Big Cypress National Preserve 🇺🇸 United States
Insufficient data
20 Monfragüe National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
Insufficient data
21 Pyrénées National Park 🇫🇷 France
Insufficient data
22 Sierra de Guadarrama National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
Insufficient data
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