Bird
Monk Parakeet
Myiopsitta monachus
Lives in North Carolina all year and nests here. Found in 1 of 100 counties, across 1 habitat.
- Here
- All year
- Nesting
- Nests here
- Range
- 1 of 100 counties
- Habitats
- 1

At a glance
- Group
- Birds
- Here
- All year
- Nesting
- Nests here
- Range
- 1 of 100 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 North Carolina 1
Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.
Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground

Other habitats in its models (3)
Land cover, or classes with no habitat page in North Carolina. Those recorded in North Carolina 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 North Carolina
- Year-round: nests here, in 1 of 100 counties. Introduced.
Also found in its main habitats
Its main habitats in North Carolina, 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 89
- Cape May WarblerDendroica tigrina
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Upland SandpiperBartramia longicauda
- DickcisselSpiza americana
- Grasshopper SparrowAmmodramus savannarum
- Rock PigeonColumba livia
- BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorus
- Horned LarkEremophila alpestris
- House FinchCarpodacus mexicanus
- Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineus
- Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifrons
- Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii
Plants 1314
- Crooked-stem AsterSymphyotrichum prenanthoides
- Canada LettuceLactuca canadensis
- Common HorseweedErigeron canadensis
- Annual FleabaneErigeron annuus
- Oakleaf FleabaneErigeron quercifolius
- Dog-fennelEupatorium capillifolium
- Ivyleaf Morning-gloryIpomoea hederacea
- Carolina Crane's-billGeranium carolinianum
- Common Evening-primroseOenothera biennis
- Cutleaf Evening-primroseOenothera laciniata
- Northern Evening-primroseOenothera parviflora
- Downy Ground-cherryPhysalis pubescens
All of roadsides, fields and disturbed ground in North Carolina
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)

























