ring-necked parakeet

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Male P. k. borealis

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ring-necked parakeet (plural ring-necked parakeets)

  1. A species of parakeet, Psittacula krameri, prevalent in Asia and famous for escaping domestication and establishing wild populations in Britain.
    • 2018, Menno Schilthuizen, “Darwin comes to town”, in The Guardian‎[1]:
      The bright-green ring-necked parakeet, originally hailing from India and Africa, has established itself in European cities thanks to the caged-bird trade for much of the 20th century.

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