Bird
Monk Parakeet
Myiopsitta monachus
Lives in Mississippi all year and nests here. Found in 6 of 82 counties, across 1 habitat.
- Here
- All year
- Nesting
- Nests here
- Range
- 6 of 82 counties
- Habitats
- 1

At a glance
- Group
- Birds
- Here
- All year
- Nesting
- Nests here
- Range
- 6 of 82 counties
- Habitats
- 1
- Habitat models
- Year-round
Where it lives
The places its habitat model includes. It is not found everywhere a habitat occurs.
Habitats in Mississippi 1
Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.
Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground
Ground opened by people: roadsides, old fields, pastures, fencerows and lots.
Other habitats in its models (3)
Land cover, or classes with no habitat page in Mississippi. Those recorded in Mississippi first, the rest by region.
Land cover and other classes (3)
- Developed, High Intensity Year-round.
- Developed, Low Intensity Year-round.
- Developed, Medium Intensity Year-round.
Seasons in Mississippi
- Year-round: nests here, in 6 of 82 counties. Introduced.
Also found in its main habitats
Its main habitats in Mississippi, by how much of its habitat model each one is, with the birds most characteristic of each and the plants that grow wild there. Shared habitat, not food.
Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground
Birds 119
- Cape May WarblerDendroica tigrina
- Grasshopper SparrowAmmodramus savannarum
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
- Smith's LongspurCalcarius pictus
- Upland SandpiperBartramia longicauda
- Rock PigeonColumba livia
- Bronzed CowbirdMolothrus aeneus
- DickcisselSpiza americana
- Bell's VireoVireo bellii
- Black-bellied PloverPluvialis squatarola
- Blue-winged WarblerVermivora pinus
Plants 1094
- Muck SunflowerHelianthus simulans
- Annual FleabaneErigeron annuus
- Canada LettuceLactuca canadensis
- Common Evening-primroseOenothera biennis
- Cutleaf Evening-primroseOenothera laciniata
- Dog-fennelEupatorium capillifolium
- Threadleaf SundropsOenothera linifolia
- Carolina Crane's-billGeranium carolinianum
- Carolina HorsenettleSolanum carolinense var. carolinense
- Blackeyed SusanRudbeckia hirta var. pulcherrima
- Downy Ground-cherryPhysalis pubescens
- Gray Ground-cherryPhysalis grisea
All of roadsides, fields and disturbed ground in Mississippi
Sources
- USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models (2001)
- USGS GAP year-round habitat model for Monk Parakeet Includes developed land
- USGS Gap Analysis Project range maps (2001), modeled by watershed; migratory gives no dates
- NatureServe Explorer (CC BY 4.0), habitat names
- US Census TIGER/Line counties
- Names follow the USGS Gap Analysis Project (2001)






















