Monk parakeets, also known as Quaker parrots, are native to South America. The species was popular in the pet trade, and legend has it the U.S. feral populations started after a shipping crate ...

The monk parakeet is one of 25 tropical parrot species that have gone from pet to wild animal across 23 U.S. states. ... the bright green bird, also known as the Quaker parrot, ...

Quaker parakeets (Myiopsitta monachus), also called monk parakeets, are small parrots native to the South American countries of Paraguay, Bolivia, Brazil, and Argentina.

Established in Austin in the early 1970s from escaped caged birds, Monk parakeets (Myiopsitta monachus) also known as Quaker parrots, are native to the temperate and subtropical regions of ...

The detrimental effect of the monk parakeet — sometimes referred to as the Quaker parakeet — on the city is difficult to calculate. (More on that in a moment.) ...

According to the state's exotic animal law, (RSA 207:14), the Quaker parrot or monk parrakeet, which hails from Brazil, is the only species of bird that is illegal for anyone to own in the state ...

LEONIA — Nearly 500 customers were without power early Wednesday morning after a Quaker parrot nest caused a transformer to overheat, ... The bright green birds, also known as monk parakeets, ...

CONCORD — The parrots owned by some Granite State residents are a serious matter. The birds in question are monk parakeets, also known as Quaker parrots. They are an exotic invasive species with ...

A plague of Quaker parrots is causing alarm in the Spanish city Barcelona. Also known as the South American Monk parakeet and originally from Latin America, the bird has a prodigious appetite and its ...

DALLAS — Several flocks of lime-green parakeets living in the wild have become a municipal marvel in the wooded neighborhoods near White Rock Lake. "They're so amazing and unexpected," said ...