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The sale of Alexandrine parakeets is not banned in Pakistan, and they can be found being openly sold in the markets of Lahore and Rawalpindi. Their sale is banned in India, and yet they are sold in broad daylight in urban bird markets, suggesting that the Indian government is allocating insufficient resources for their protection. [19] [21]
The Nicobar parakeet (Psittacula caniceps), also known as the Blyth's parakeet, is a parrot in the genus Psittacula, endemic to the Nicobar Islands of the Indian Ocean.It is one of the largest parakeets, measuring 56 to 60 cm from the top of the head to the tip of the tail and weighing about 224 g.
Multiple larger flocks are usually seen near the end of the wet season, where they descend into the valleys for most of winter. It is common for to see them mingle with other parakeet species such as the rose-ringed parakeet, plum-headed parakeet, and blossom-headed parakeet. Females usually lay 4-5 eggs of about 28.5 x 22 mm.
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The blue-winged parakeet (Psittacula columboides), also known as the Malabar parakeet, is a species of parakeet endemic to the Western Ghats of southern India.Found in small flocks, they fly rapidly in forest clearings while making screeching calls that differ from those of other parakeet species within their distribution range.
Female Blossom-headed parakeet near Inthanon Highland Resort, Thailand (2016) In 1879, aviculturist Dr. Karl Russ was the first person to record a successful breeding attempt with the Blossom-headed parakeet. As in the wild, the species lays a clutch of two to four eggs which are incubated by the hen.
Lord Derby's parakeet (Psittacula derbiana), also known as Derbyan parakeet, is a parrot species, [3] which is confined to a small pocket of moist evergreen forest in the hills and mountains of the Indian states of Arunachal Pradesh and Assam, and adjoining parts of Tibet, Sichuan and Yunnan in China. [1]
The genus Psittacula was introduced in 1800 by the French naturalist Georges Cuvier. [1] The type species was designated in 1923 by Gregory Mathews as the red-breasted parakeet.