Monk (Quaker) Parakeets

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Monk parakeet (Myiopsitta monachus) http://monkparakeet.com

Monk (Quaker) Parakeets
Myiopsitta monachus

Description: This is a small, stocky parrot with a green body and a gray face and throat. This species is commonly kept as a pet. They tend to be quite vocal and often owners tire of the noise and release them.

Life History: This species forms colonies where many pairs nest together in a single structure. Another unusual feature is that most other parrot species are cavity nesters, monk parakeets build stick nests.

Distribution: Monk parakeets have colonies in 13 states, ranging from Florida and Texas to Oregon and New York.

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Habitattitude Campaign

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A campaign geared towards aquarium hobbyists, backyard pond owners, water gardeners and others.  Habitattitude TM is about consumer awareness and responsible behaviors. By drawing attention to the potential environmental ramifications of the aquarium and water garden hobbies while promoting responsible consumer behaviors, Habitattitude TM avoids the definition debate surrounding "invasive species." Ultimately, the campaign seeks to eliminate the transfer and survival of any species outside of your enclosed, artificial system, which has the potential to cause the loss or decline of native plants and animals.

Invasive Animals
Nile monitor (Varanus niloticus). Photo: Todd Campbell
Nile monitor (Varanus niloticus). Photo: Todd Campbell

Invasive animals include a wide variety of critters ranging from mammals (such as nutria, rats, and hogs) to frogs (coqui and Cuban treefrog), to snakes (brown tree snake and pythons), to lizards (geckos), to birds (starlings, house finches and various species of parrots), to fish (tilapia, bighead, silver and common carp), to various insects (gypsy moth, emerald ash borer, Asian longhorned beetle).

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Collaspe"Hog Wild: Using GIS to Examine 26 Years (1976-2001) of Wildlife Management Efforts to Control the Invasive European Wild Boar (Sus scrofa Linneaus) in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park"
Description: From the Abstract: "The University of Tennesse Chattanooga (UTC) geographic information systems (GIS) research laboratory, working in tandem with wildlife management officers from the Great Smoky Mountains National Park (GSMNP), has begun to use GIS to examine twenty-six years of park service efforts to control populations of an invasive species, the exotic European wild boar (Sus scrofa Linneaus)."
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ExpandAn Ounce of Prevention: How to Stop Invasive Insects and Diseases from Devastating U.S. Forests
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ExpandBiological Control: Important Tool for Managing Invasive Species
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ExpandInfection of an invasive frog Eleutherodactylus coqui by the chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in Hawaii (PDF, 5 pp., 158.35 KB)
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ExpandInvasive Applesnails in Texas: Status of these harmful snails through spring 2005
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ExpandInventory of Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Occurring in the Gulf of Mexico Region: An Initial Survey of Aquatic Invasive Species in the Gulf of Mexico Region(PDF)
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ExpandPreparing to Meet the Challenge: An Assessment of Invasive Species Management in Idaho
ExpandRapid Response Plan for Invasive Aquatic Plants, Fish, and Other Fauna - Part 2: Fish and Other Fauna Protocol
ExpandSouth Florida Restoration Science Forum - Invasive Exotic Species
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