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Article: Nest adoption by Monk Parakeets.
- Article from:
- Wilson Bulletin
- Article date:
- June 1, 1996
- Author:
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Monk Parakeets (Myiopsitta monachus) are unusual, being the only non-cavity nesting psittacines. Rather than using tree holes, burrows, or crevices as other parrots typically do, they build large domed nests of twigs (Forshaw 1989). Their nests often include several compartments, each with a separate entrance, and several nests may be built in the same tree or in neighboring trees. Monk Parakeets are non-migratory and use their nests year-round for roosting as well as for breeding. Nests typically are built in trees, as well as on a variety of man-made structures (windmill towers, utility poles, sign posts, etc.). One sub-species, M. monachus luchsi, builds stick nests on ...