Genetic evidence links invasive monk parakeet populations in the United States to the international pet trade

Table 1 Sampling of Myiopsitta monachus subspecies in native and naturalized ranges

Subspecies	N	Country	Province/Department/State	Abbreviation	Accession #^†
M. m. calita	3	Argentina	Santiago del Estero	SE	140653, 474808–474809
	1	Argentina	Mendoza	ME	147931
	5	Argentina	Tucumán	TU	474803–474807
M. m. cotorra	5	Brazil	Mato Grosso	MG	127356–127359, 474802
	11	Paraguay	Concepción	PRG	149404, 320771–320777, 748687–748688, 811356
M. m. luchsi	12	Bolivia	Chuquisaca	CH	139094–139096,139098–139106
	2	Bolivia	Cochabamba	CO	139107, 148194
M. m. monachus	2	Argentina	Santiago del Estero	SE	140649, 140651
	2	Argentina	Salta	SA	474796–474797
	14*	Argentina	Entre Rios	ER	779017–779019, 779025, 779037, 779059–779061, 779065, 779083
	13	Argentina	Corrientes	CR	793580–793581, 793586–793587, 793589, 793597–793598, 793603, 793605, 793616, 793631, 793633, 793640
	6	Brazil	Rio Grande do Sul	RGS	321247–321249, 321560–321562
	1	Uruguay	Río Negro	URG	474800
Unknown^††	9	United States	Connecticut	CT	n/a
	43	United States	Florida	FL	n/a
	11	United States	New Jersey	NJ	n/a
	1	United States	Rhode Island	RI	832643

*Sampling includes four field-collected samples.
^† Accession numbers of specimens sampled in the collections at the American Museum of Natural History or, in the case of Florida individuals, at the USDA National Wildlife Research Center.
^†† Individuals sampled in the naturalized populations are of unknown taxonomic affinity.

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