Monk parakeets have been flapping around Houston for around 50 years. Having logged just 20 years in the city myself, I feel some reticence calling them an invasive species. Yet, technically ...

Popularly known as the monk parakeet or quaker parrot, bands of the wild, gray-faced parrots have slowly carved out a home for themselves in the Lone Star State, trading in the grasslands of their ...

Even if you've heard of monk parakeets—the accidentally introduced, bright green parrots known to nest in several American cities—it's still eye-opening when a flock of them flies clumsily ...

It is thought they were initially brought over as pets from Argentina - but after one, or two, escaped, the brightly-coloured green monk parakeets have become a problem for those living on the ...

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