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Photo by Erwin Driessens
Frankendael, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Alternative Name: Ring-necked Parakeet

Psittacula krameri

[edit] Identification

40cm

• Green plumage
• Pink bill

Male

• Black neck-ring
• Pink nape-band

Female and immature both lack the neck rings, or show a shadow-like pale to dark grey neck-ring and a light nape-band^[2].

[edit] Distribution

Africa, Asia and India.

Some feral populations in UK, Europe, Hawai'i, North and South America.

[edit] Taxonomy

Female
Photo by aniruddha
Karad, India, March 2009

[edit] Subspecies^[1]

• P. k. krameri:

• Mauritania to Senegal, Guinea, western Uganda and southern Sudan

• P. k. parvirostris:

• Eastern Sudan (Sennar) to Eritrea, Ethiopia, Djibouti and north-western Somalia

• P. k. borealis:

• North-western Pakistan to northern India, Nepal, south-eastern China and central Myanmar

• P. k. manillensis:

• Southern peninsula India and Sri Lanka

[edit] Habitat

Open countryside with some trees including gardens and parks.

[edit] Behaviour

Photo by Andy Bright
Hertfordshire, June 2007

They form very large flocks.

[edit] Breeding

Tree-hole nesters.

[edit] Diet

Diet includes buds, fruits, vegetables, nuts, berries and seeds.

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
2. Birdforum thread discussing separating male, female and juvenile of this species.
3. Wikipedia

• List of references

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