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Alexandrine parakeets are relatively popular pet birds due to their long lifespan in captivity (up to 40 years), [18] playful behaviour and ability to mimic human speech. Alexander the Great is thought to have kept one as a pet. They are one of the most sought-after cage birds in the Indian market.
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] Eight subspecies are ...
A male ("Monty") at Bloedel Conservatory, Vancouver, Canada A male Princess parrot. The princess parrot is a medium-sized parrot, 34 to 46 cm long and weighing between 110 and 120 g. The plumage is mostly green with a pink throat, bluish crown, and bright green shoulders. The rump is blue and the tail is long and narrow.
The Australian budgerigar, or shell parakeet, is a popular pet and the most common parakeet. Parakeets comprise about 115 species of birds that are seed-eating parrots of small size, slender build, and long, tapering tails. [citation needed] The Australian budgerigar, also known as "budgie", Melopsittacus undulatus, is probably the most common ...
†Mascarene grey parakeet, Psittacula bensoni - extinct (c.1764) (formerly classified in genus †Lophopsittacus, and still considered such by some authorities) Rose-ringed parakeet, Psittacula krameri; Alexandrine parakeet, Psittacula eupatria †Seychelles parakeet, Psittacula wardi - extinct (1883) Plum-headed parakeet, Psittacula cyanocephala
Rose-ringed parakeets feeding on stored grain Rose-ringed parakeet feeding on sunflowers, Kolkata, India A popular pet, the rose-ringed parakeet has been released in a wide range of cities around the world, giving it an environment with few predators where their preferred diet of seeds, nuts, fruits, and berries is available from suburban ...
Feral rose-ringed parakeet, Psittacula krameri on a bird feeder in Wimbledon, London. A feral parrot is a parrot that has adapted to life in an ecosystem to which it is not native. The birds are often descended from pets that have escaped or been deliberately released.
The type species was subsequently designated as the great-billed parrot (Tanygnathus megalorynchos) by the English zoologist George Robert Gray in 1840. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The name Tanygnathus combines the Ancient Greek words tanuĊ "to stretch out" and gnathos "jaw".