Monk parakeets, also known as Quaker parrots, are native to South America. The species was popular in the pet trade, and legend has it the U.S. feral populations started after a shipping crate ...

Parakeet diet. In the wild, parakeets are ground feeders, eating seeds from the ground. Common parakeets often eat seeds from spinifex and tall tussock grass, removing the hulls and swallowing the ...