Native to several countries in South America, the bright green bird, also known as the Quaker parrot, is one of 25 parrot species once kept only as pets in the U.S. that are now thriving in the ...

Black-capped chickadees, dark-eyed juncos and cardinals congregate around a backyard feeder as birdseed falls to the grass like sprinkles. Suddenly, from the sky comes a flash of vivid green ...

I'm a good boy,' " said Debbie Dawe, owner of Sweet Pete, a Quaker parakeet she has had since June. Also called Monk parakeets, Myiopsitta monachus are considered an invasive species and a ...

According to the state's exotic animal law, (RSA 207:14), the Quaker parrot or monk parrakeet, which hails from Brazil, is the only species of bird that is illegal for anyone to own in the state ...

But Houston’s habitat has welcomed all sorts of us. The detrimental effect of the monk parakeet — sometimes referred to as the Quaker parakeet — on the city is difficult to calculate.

A plague of Quaker parrots is causing alarm in the Spanish city Barcelona. Also known as the South American Monk parakeet and originally from Latin America, the bird has a prodigious appetite and its ...

It’s home to a colony of wild parrots that are native to Argentina. The Quaker, or Monk, parrots took up residence in Edgewater more 30 years ago. Just how they got there is up for debate.