📸 PhotoPhoto: Kevin Jones · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons Source
Monk Parakeet
Myiopsitta monachus (Monk Parakeet · オキナインコ)
💡 Everyday Comparisons for Size, Mass & Speed
- 💡 Its weight of 81.7 g is slightly heavier than a chicken egg (about 60 g) (Comparison).
- 💡 It is sold as a pet bird, and bred color mutations such as blue, yellow, cinnamon, and albino trade for much higher prices than normal individuals.
Reference standards: coach bus ~12 m, mid-size car ~4.9 m, compact car ~1 t, basketball hoop 3.05 m, credit card 8.56 cm.
Site-computed relative index from recorded values; not a formal scientific metric.
📖 1. Overview
The Monk Parakeet is a medium-sized green-and-gray parrot living in South America that, unlike other parrots, weaves twigs to build its own nest.
🦴 2. Anatomy & Morphology
Its basic colors are green and gray, with a blue-gray forehead, and the feathers on the throat and belly have pale edges that look like scaly barring. The bill is light pinkish-brown, the eyes are brown, and males and females look alike.
🔍 3. Ecology & Behavior
It eats seeds, fruits, flowers, insects, and leaf buds alike. It weaves dry twigs into a nest with two or more chambers, and as the flock grows, each pair adds its own chambers onto the main nest, laying 4–7 eggs and incubating them for about 20 days.
🇰🇷 4. Connection to Korea
No direct record connecting this species to Korea has been found.
📚 Sources & References
- • IUCN Red List LC (2018) — https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/45427277/132189848
- • IUCN Red List category LC — latest assessment at iucnredlist.org
- • doi.org — avilist.v2026
- • iucnredlist.org — 132189848
- • wikidata.org — Q724987
- • commons.wikimedia.org — File:Monk Parakeet (Myiopsitta monachus) Buenos Aires.jpg
- • animaldiversity.org — Myiopsitta monachus
- • Silhouette: PhyloPic — Ferran Sayol · CC0 1.0 (Related taxon silhouette — Amazona aestiva)
Recorded dimensions are widely cited representative estimates from public literature and may vary by study or specimen.