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The Alexandrine parakeet (Psittacula eupatria), also known as the Alexandrine parrot, is a medium-sized parrot in the genus Psittacula of the family Psittaculidae, native to South Asia and Southeast Asia.
The Indian rose-ringed parakeet (P. k. manillensis) originates from the southern Indian subcontinent and has feral and naturalised populations worldwide, in Australia, Great Britain (mainly around London), the United States, and other Western countries. It is often referred to as the Indian ringneck parrot. [5] [6]
Psittacula, also known as Afro-Asian ring-necked parrots, is a genus of parrots from Africa and Southeast Asia. It is a widespread group with a clear concentration of species in south Asia , but also with representatives in Africa and the islands of the Indian Ocean .
The red-breasted parakeet is now placed in the genus Psittacula that was introduced in 1800 by the French naturalist Georges Cuvier. [4] [5] The genus name is a diminutive of the Latin word psittacus for a "parrot". The specific epithet alexandri is from Alexander the Great whose soldiers introduced parakeets to Greece. [6]
Australian ringneck, a parrot native to Australia; Barbary dove or Ringneck dove, a domesticated dove species; Diadophis punctatus or ringneck snake, found in North America; Indian ringneck, a parrot native to India; Liopeltis, a genus of snakes that includes the Malayan ringneck (L. tricolor) Ringneck pheasant, a bird found in Eurasia and ...
Newton's parakeet (Psittacula exsul), also known as the Rodrigues parakeet or Rodrigues ring-necked parakeet, is an extinct species of parrot that was endemic to the Mascarene island of Rodrigues in the western Indian Ocean. Several of its features diverged from related species, indicating long-term isolation on Rodrigues and subsequent adaptation.
The term Parrothead (also styled as Parrot Head) was coined by Eagles bassist Timothy B. Schmit, who was moonlighting in Buffett's band in the 1980s. During one gig, he looked out upon a sea of ...
Psittaculidae is a family of parrots, commonly known as Old World parrots, though this term is a misnomer as there are other parrots (Psittacinae) that occur in the Old World. It consists of six subfamilies: Psittrichasinae , Agapornithinae , Loriinae , Platycercinae , Psittacellinae and Psittaculinae .