ring-necked parakeet

English

Noun

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.

Synonyms

• rose-ringed parakeet

Translations

Psittacula krameri

• Finnish: kauluskaija (fi)
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References

• Rose-ringed_parakeet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Psittacula krameri on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
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