Myiopsitta monachus (Boddaert, 1783)
(Monk Parakeet)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMyiopsitta monachus (Monk Parakeet)
FamilyPSITTACIDAE (parrakeets)
OrderPSITTACIFORMES (parrakeets)
ClassAVES (birds)
SuperclassTETRAPODA (a superclass of unassigneds)
PhylumCHORDATA (vertebrates)
SuperphylumDEUTEROSTOMIA (deuterostomes)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Gates, N., Wade, M., Ames, V. & McKee, K. Monk Parakeet

Myiopsitta monachus (Monk Parakeet) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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