Bird
Monk Parakeet
Myiopsitta monachus
Lives in Virginia all year and nests here. Found in 7 of 133 counties and cities, across 1 habitat.
- Here
- All year
- Nesting
- Nests here
- Range
- 7 of 133 counties and cities
- Habitats
- 1

At a glance
- Group
- Birds
- Here
- All year
- Nesting
- Nests here
- Range
- 7 of 133 counties and cities
- 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 Virginia 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 Virginia.
- Developed, Low Intensity Year-round.
- Developed, Medium Intensity Year-round.
- Developed, High Intensity Year-round.
Seasons in Virginia
- Year-round: nests here, in 7 of 133 counties and cities. Introduced.
Also found in this habitat
Wildlife 150
Other animals whose habitat models include the same habitats in Virginia. Not sighting records.
- DickcisselSpiza americana
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
- Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
- Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
- Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asio
- Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
- Eurasian Collared-doveStreptopelia decaocto
- European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Field SparrowSpizella pusilla
- Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
- Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Golden-winged WarblerVermivora chrysoptera
- Grasshopper SparrowAmmodramus savannarum
- Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
- Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
- Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
- Henslow's SparrowAmmodramus henslowii
- Hoary RedpollCarduelis hornemanni
- Horned LarkEremophila alpestris
- House FinchCarpodacus mexicanus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
NatureServe Explorer, CC BY 4.0. USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models.
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)

























