Monk Parakeet

SCI Name:  Myiopsitta monachus
Protonym:  Psittacus monachus TablePlanchesEnlum. p.48
Taxonomy:  Psittaciformes / Psittacidae / Myiopsitta
Taxonomy Code:  monpar
Type Locality:  Ex Daubenton, pi. 768, no locality = Montevideo, Uruguay.
Author:  Boddaert
Publish Year:  1783
IUCN Status:  

DEFINITIONS

MYIOPSITTA
(Psittacidae; Ϯ Monk Parakeet M. monachus) Gr. μυς mus, μυος muos  mouse; Mod. L. psitta  parrot  < Gr. ψιττακη psittakē  parrot; alluding to the mouse-grey face and underparts of the Monk Parakeet; "Subfam. II. CONURINÆ.   ...   14. MYIOPSITTA, Bp.  — 62. Murina, Gm. — 63. Canicollis, Wagl. — 64. Murinoides, Temm. — 65. Calito, Jardine. — 66. Aurifrons, Less. — 67. Orbygnesia, Bp." (Bonaparte 1854); "Myiopsitta Bonaparte, Rev. et Mag. Zool. (2), 6, 1854, p. 150. Type, by subsequent designation, Psittacus monachus Boddaert² (G. R. Gray, Cat. Gen. Subgen. Bds., 1855, p. 87).   ...   ² Boddaert's name is the older; Psittacus murinus Gmelin, the first species in Bonaparte's genus, is a synonym." (Peters 1937, III, 200).
Var. Myopsitta, Myiopsittacus, Myopsittacus.

monachus
Late L. monachus monk (e.g. hooded, black-capped) < Gr. μοναχος monakhos monk < μονος monos solitary < μοναχοω monakhoō to make single.
● ex “Crested or Coped Black Vulture. Vultur cristatus niger” of Edwards 1760, and “Vultur arabicus” of Brisson 1760 (Aegypius).
● the "Coucoua capucin" of Lesson 1830: "plumage ferrugineux" (syn. Coccycua minuta).
● ex “Perruche à poitrine grise” of d’Aubenton 17765-1781, pl. 768, “Perruche-Souris” of de Buffon 1770-1785, and “Grey-breasted Parrakeet” of Latham 1781 (Myiopsitta).

Monachus
(syn. Sylvia Ϯ Blackcap S. atricapilla) Late L. monachus  monk (e.g. hooded, black-capped)  < Gr. μοναχος monakhos  monk  < μονος monos  solitary  < μοναχοω monakhoō  to make single; "8. Sylvia atricapilla.  ...  8. Mönch. Monachus. (Sylvia atricapilla.)  ...  Char[akter]. Grasmücken mit schwarzem Kopfe, befiederten Augenliedern und schwachem Schnabel.   Leb[ensart]. Hierin gleichen sie den Grasmücken, lieben aber Gärten und Anlagen. Der Gesang ist in seiner höchsten Vollendung" (Kaup 1829).

SUBSPECIES

Monk Parakeet (Monk)
SCI Name: Myiopsitta monachus [monachus Group]
MYIOPSITTA
(Psittacidae; Ϯ Monk Parakeet M. monachus) Gr. μυς mus, μυος muos  mouse; Mod. L. psitta  parrot  < Gr. ψιττακη psittakē  parrot; alluding to the mouse-grey face and underparts of the Monk Parakeet; "Subfam. II. CONURINÆ.   ...   14. MYIOPSITTA, Bp.  — 62. Murina, Gm. — 63. Canicollis, Wagl. — 64. Murinoides, Temm. — 65. Calito, Jardine. — 66. Aurifrons, Less. — 67. Orbygnesia, Bp." (Bonaparte 1854); "Myiopsitta Bonaparte, Rev. et Mag. Zool. (2), 6, 1854, p. 150. Type, by subsequent designation, Psittacus monachus Boddaert² (G. R. Gray, Cat. Gen. Subgen. Bds., 1855, p. 87).   ...   ² Boddaert's name is the older; Psittacus murinus Gmelin, the first species in Bonaparte's genus, is a synonym." (Peters 1937, III, 200).
Var. Myopsitta, Myiopsittacus, Myopsittacus.

Monk Parakeet (Cliff)
SCI Name: Myiopsitta monachus luchsi
luchsi
Dr Carl Johann Nepomuk Ernst Luchs (1812-1886) Prussian naturalist, aviculturalist, friend of Otto Finsch (Estrilda x,  Myiopsitta).