Monk Parakeet (Myiopsitta monachus)
This photograph corresponds to a record of Monk Parakeet (Myiopsitta monachus) made in Club de Pesca y Turismo de Saavedra, Saavedra - Partido de Saavedra, Buenos Aires, Argentina on 29/12/2012. The photograph was published by Ricardo Fernandez Chaves and is part of the EcoRegistros biodiversity database.
Author's comments:
No hace muchos años que aparecieron en esta zona, se las ve en bandadas de 15 o 20, en este caso las vi al costado del camino, comiendo las semillas de los cardos.
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Record
| Kingdom: | Animalia | |
| Phylum / Division: | Chordata | |
| Class: | Aves | |
| Order: | Psittaciformes | |
| Family: | Psittacidae | |
| Scientific name: | Myiopsitta monachus | |
| English Name: | Monk Parakeet | |
| Spanish Name: | Cotorra | |
| Portuguese Name: | Caturrita | |
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| Sex: | Indistinguishable | |
| Life stage: | Adult | |
| Registration date: | 29/12/2012 | |
| Country: | Argentina | |
| Province / Department: | Buenos Aires | |
| Location or protected area: | Saavedra - Partido de Saavedra | |
| Detailed location: | Club de Pesca y Turismo de Saavedra | |
| Coordinates - Detailed location: | -37.978574, -62.487659 | |
| Altitude - Detailed location: | 273 m a.s.l. | |
| Location accuracy: | Medium | |
| Belonging: | Native | |
| Condition: | Wild | |
| Certainty: | Heard, Photographed | |
| Reproduction information: | No | |
| PHOTOGRAPHY | ||
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| Photography ID: | 22905 View Full Record | |
| Manufacturer: | NIKON CORPORATION | |
| Camera model: | NIKON D3000 | |
| Shutter speed: | 1/200 | |
| Aperture: | 6.3 | |
| ISO Sensitivity: | 100 | |
| Focal length: | 500mm | |
| Creation date: | 2012:12:29 17:34:41 | |
| Using Flash: | No | |
| Publication date: | 06/10/2013 06:31:42 | |
