Male Ring-Necked Parakeet - Psittacula krameri
Who says that here in the UK we don't have any exotic looking birds, here is the UK's only naturalized parrot. Though sometimes very noisy and often found in flocks that can number in hundreds when roosting I for one cant get enough off these beautiful birds. There are a few theory's of how these exotic looking bird arrived in the UK from from Jimi Hendrix releasing a pair from London's Carnaby Street, escape's from the filmset off The African Queen with Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn in 1951, though researches tend to think the most probable explanation was from accidental and intentional releases from pet owners over several years.
Male Ring-Necked Parakeet - Psittacula krameri
Who says that here in the UK we don't have any exotic looking birds, here is the UK's only naturalized parrot. Though sometimes very noisy and often found in flocks that can number in hundreds when roosting I for one cant get enough off these beautiful birds. There are a few theory's of how these exotic looking bird arrived in the UK from from Jimi Hendrix releasing a pair from London's Carnaby Street, escape's from the filmset off The African Queen with Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn in 1951, though researches tend to think the most probable explanation was from accidental and intentional releases from pet owners over several years.