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Least Concernオキナインコ（翁鸚哥、学名：Myiopsitta monachus）は、オウム目インコ科に分類される鳥。
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Myiopsitta
- Image
- Monk Parakeet (Myiopsitta monachus) Buenos Aires.jpg
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- taxon name
- Myiopsitta monachus
- Commons category
- Myiopsitta monachus
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- Myiopsitta monachus
- taxon common name
- caturrita-argentina
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
- taxon range
- Africa
- diel cycle
- diurnality
- short name
- M. monachus
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Encyclopedic overview
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. Its average lifespan is approximately 15 years. 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.
Taxonomy
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Monk Parakeet” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.