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Monk Parakeet (Myiopsitta monachus) | |||
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cotorra | monachus (Monk) | Southeastern Bolivia, Paraguay, southwestern Brazil, and northwestern Argentina (Formosa, Chaco, Corrientes); the species is widely introduced elsewhere, primarily from nominate monachus, but populations in North America also originated in part from subspecies cotorra | |
monachus | monachus (Monk) | Ssoutheastern Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul), Uruguay and northeastern Argentina (Santa Fe to E Buenos Aires). The species is widely introduced in North America (United States, Mexico, the Bahamas, Cayman Islands, and Puerto Rico), the Canary Islands, in Europe, and in Israel; source of most introduced populations is nominate monachus, but, at least in North America, some also originated from subspecies cotorra | |
calita | monachus (Monk) | W Argentina (Salta to w Córdoba, Mendoza and La Pampa) | |
luchsi | luchsi (Cliff) | Xeric intermontane valleys of central Bolivia | |
Endemic status | Not endemic | ||
Birds (media) | Yes | ||
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