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Alexandrine parakeet
Male Rose-ringed parakeet.jpg
Male
Female Alexandrine Parakeet 4.jpg
Female
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Genus:
Psittacula
Species:
eupatria
Psittacula eupatria range map.png
Native range of Psittacula eupatria
Synonyms

Psittacus eupatria Linnaeus 1766

The Alexandrine parakeet, Psittacula eupatria, lives in Asia: Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Burma, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam. There are small colonies in some parts of Europe: Wiesbaden, Mainz and Cologne.

Images for kids

  • Brooklyn Museum - Peruche de Gingi - François-Nicolas Martinet

    Painting of an Alexandrine parakeet made between 1770 and 1786.

  • Alexandrine Parakeet (Psittacula eupatria) pair -2pc

    Male (left) and female (right).

  • Alexandrine Parakeet at Saltlake Kolkata, West Bengal, INDIA

    Male P. e. nipalensis eating fruits in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.

  • Alexandrine Parakeet Psittacula eupatria by Dr. Raju Kasambe

    Female eating jowar.

  • Alexandrine Parakeet- Male at nest I IMG 5867

    Male P. e. nipalensis at nest inside tree hole in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.

  • Hellenistic mosaic floor panel of an Alexandrine parakeet from Pergamon, 2nd century BC, Pergamon Museum (8408107096)

    Hellenistic mosaic floor panel of an Alexandrine parakeet, made in the acropolis of Pergamon (near modern Bergama, Turkey) during the middle of the 2nd century BCE.

See also

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