Further, because of their close association with the massive stick nests constructed by white storks (Figure 1), monk parakeets have been successfully moving out of cities and into rural areas ...

But Dallas’ White Rock Lake is home to a population ... Officially, they’re called the monk parakeet. The species is native to South America and often nests in the electrical lines at the ...

Even if you've heard of monk parakeets—the accidentally introduced ... a flock of them flies clumsily over the jogging trail at White Rock Lake, loudly squawking all the way.

Dallas' White Rock Lake gives visitors a chance to experience dozens of species of animals in the middle of a major city. But one species of bird stands out among the rest: the monk parakeet.

The cold, harsh winters of cities like Chicago, New York, and Seattle are no match for the tiny monk parakeet. Native to several countries in South America, the bright green bird, also known as ...

Writing in the Royal Society Open Science, researchers studied thousands of monk parakeet (Myiopsitta monachus) vocalizations from hundreds of birds in Barcelona across two years and ran these ...

Monk parakeets have been flapping around Houston for around 50 years. Having logged just 20 years in the city myself, I feel some reticence calling them an invasive species. Yet, technically, the ...

"In some cases, monk parakeet nests present operational concerns, and we carefully remove them," Logan Anderson of CenterPoint told Chron. "As part of our comprehensive avian protection program ...