A. Unlike what most people think, monk parakeets are not tropical birds.

The monk parakeets breed only once a year and would not require continuous treatment.

The monk parakeets, a type of wild parrot, have been in the neighborhood for several years.

Monk parakeets build stick nests in which many birds pool body heat.

They're monk parakeets, and they're not from around here, but here's where they are, in Brooklyn.

Small groups of Monk parakeets can be found in the capital city Brussels and its surrounding areas.

They're monk parakeets, which nest along telephone poles nearby.

"We get blue jays and cardinals and monk parakeets," he said.

Monk Parakeets are very intelligent and social birds.

Monk parakeets are about 11 and a half inches long, mainly green, with some gray around the face and upper breast.

The monk parakeets are native to Argentina.

Alcaligenes faecalis is also commonly found in pet birds such as monk parakeets.

Macaws, amazon parrots, monk parakeets and conures are often affected.

And the monk parakeets are thriving.

The park is best known for its South American Monk Parakeet nests.

The closest relative is the Monk Parakeet.

Flocks of bright, noisy monk parakeets are a showy element of the region's wildlife.

The Monk Parakeet was first recorded in Mexico City in 1999.

Dr. Sheppard said Brooklyn had "quite a number" of colonies of monk parakeets.

Considerable numbers of Monk Parakeet were imported to the United States in the late 1960s as pets.

Some members of the parrot family, notably monk parakeets, Mr. Bruning said, have successfully established themselves in quite cold environments.

Monk parakeets (pictured on the oil drum) are a tropical species from Argentina and have been spotted in Prospect Park since the 1960's.

The species of the genus Brotogeris form a monophyletic group whose closest relative is the Monk Parakeet.

It is presently included with the Monk Parakeet because there is too little up-to-date research on which an authoritative taxonomic decision could be based.

Every now and then, a flock of screeching monk parakeets, which sound like a fingernail scraping on a blackboard sends a flinch down my spine.

Monk Parakeets (also known as Quaker parrots) are also reputed to be skilled talkers.

Quaker Parrot, also known as the Monk Parakeet (Myiopsitta monachus)

When we buried him in Greenwood Cemetery in Brooklyn, there was this sentinel line of beautiful Quaker Parrots in a big tree up above.

However, populations of a South American parrot species, Myiopsitta monachus, the Monk Parakeet, or Quaker Parrot, began to breed in the same region from the 1960s onwards.

The Monk Parakeet, also known as the Quaker Parrot, (Myiopsitta monachus) is a species of parrot, in most treatments the only member of the genus Myiopsitta.

Populations of wild South American Monk Parakeets, also known as the Quaker Parrot, live in Greenwood Cemetery, Marine Park, Bensonhurst, and Bay Ridge in Brooklyn, and in the East Bronx.

Alison Olivieri - an officer of the Connecticut Audubon Society who in 1991 conducted a two-year study with a colleague, Linda Pearson - says that monk parakeets, also known as quaker parrots, are indigenous to Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay.

Some parrot species such as Greys, Eclectus, Quaker parrots, male budgies, and some species of Amazon parrots, Macaws, and Psittacula are frequently good talkers and mimickers, although there is no guarantee that any individual parrot will talk.

Quaker Parrot, also known as the Monk Parakeet (Myiopsitta monachus)

The Monk Parakeet, also known as the Quaker Parrot, (Myiopsitta monachus) is a species of parrot, in most treatments the only member of the genus Myiopsitta.

Brooklyn (in New York City), Chicago, Illinois, Austin, Texas and Miami, Florida are home to populations of Myiopsitta monachus (Monk aka Quaker Parakeet/Parrot).