Monk Parakeet, Myiopsitta monachus. What is a “parakeet” but a little parrot? As far as I can tell, the members of the family Psittacidae get called parakeet or parrot based on size and tradition, not biology.
Parakeet
4 responses to “Parakeet”
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The top 2 photos look like it is about to hang some ornaments on the tree 🙂
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Bird held onto the fruit’s stem quite a while, in bird time, perhaps because I was there…?
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Never knew they existed outside. Very exciting!
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Brooklyn as a major colony at Green-Wood. There are few others in the borough as well. http://brooklynparrots.com/ I know os some in upper Manhattan, too. Cornell has a range map that you have to look at closely to see NYC, Long Island, CT… https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Monk_Parakeet/maps-range
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