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A Rose-ringed Parakeet checks that the coast is clear before emerging from its nest hole in a palm tree in a busy tourist hotspot in souther Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands on Christmas Day 2022.
One of the few parrot species that have successfully adapted to living in disturbed habitats; it has withstood the onslaught of urbanisation and deforestation. As a popular pet species, escaped birds have colonised a number of cities around the world. This one was clicked in Bangalore.
There are so many of these now in London and the Home Counties of the UK that I suppose they can now be classified as a wild self sustaining escapee population. This pair were at Stockers Lake Ricky Herts at the weekend along with at least another dozen plus birds around the reserve:-)
En Andalousie... Elle apprécie les oranges trouvées dans le parc.
In Andalusia ... She appreciates the oranges found in the park.
Rose-ringed parakeet mother defending her nest from invader while juvenile watching horrified. Hyderabad, India. DoP 28-03-2021.
Scene 16 of Lockdown phase !!
A Rose-ringed parakeet had a prompt visit to my garden....taken in West Bengal, India
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By far the most commonest parakeet in the low lands of Sri Lanka. only the male has the rose collar.
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I believe this is a female parakeet, as the males have some bolder markings around the head. I photographed this bird (and some of its friends), not in its native India or Africa, but in Hyde Park in London. This species has been quite successful in adapting to urban and other disturbed areas where it has been introduced throughout the world.
How did these birds end up in Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens, among many other places in England? Check this article our for a few origin tales: www.theguardian.com/cities/2019/jun/06/the-great-green-ex...
One of many noisy Rose-ringed Parakeets seen in palm trees at a resort on the south coast of Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands at Christmas 2022.
Although this one lacks the neck ring, so is either a female or juvenile male.
These birds are escapees in Portugal, originally from Africa and South Asia. They are about 25% bigger than the Monk Parakeet.
I went on a mission to the Dom Carlos park in Caldas da Reinha where there is a large colony of these birds. They normally spend most of their time high in the treetops but after a recce I was lucky enough to find a small tree where a couple of birds were feeding on some kind of seed head.
Caldas da Reinha stands for hot spring of the Queen and was founded in 1485 as a thermal hospital. The park has been remodeled many times but was originally part of the hospital grounds.
Stopped down to f11 to try and get a bit more depth of field for feather detail on the whole bird.
Here's a photograph I took in Hyde Park while I was visiting my kids last week. It's a Ring-necked Parakeet (Psittacula krameri) that has been established in Britain for several decades. In Britain, breeding was first proved in 1971 in Kent though it was suspected a year or two prior to this. Despite rumours involving Jimi Hendrix and Humphrey Bogart, there is no evidence that either had anything to do with their introduction to Britain but there were a few mass escapes in the 1970s involving more than a thousand birds when they pecked their way out of wooden holding crates. The population increased ten fold in Britain between 1995 and 2010 and is now well-established in south-east England (centred on London) with a population around 12,000 pairs, but there are scattered breeding populations elsewhere. Abroad they breed in both Asia and Africa, and biometrics suggest that British birds are from the larger Indian subspecies borealis, though this was not conclusive. The scientific name Psittacula krameri commemorates the Austrian naturalist Wilhelm Kramer. It was named by Johannes Scopoli in 1769, four years after Kramer's death and was originally known as Kramer's Parakeet.
The title by the way is from the late, great Ian Dury's Reasons to be Cheerful (part 3) "The juice of a carrot, the smile of a parrot, a little drop of claret, anything that rocks". And finally, recent DNA studies have shown that Falcons and Parrots are closely related, and looking at the shape of the bill there is a definite similarity.
I spent Christmas in London and numerically, the commonest bird I saw was Ring-necked Parakeet. I could hear their calls almost constantly, and flocks were flying over every few minutes, and sometimes these flocks numbered hundreds of birds. I remember back in 1983 when Ring-necked Parakeets were added to the British List and became "tickable" because they had a self-sustaining breeding population. Birders used to pass on information about good sites to stand a chance of seeing one, but they were never guaranteed. The BTO website shows that in 1995 the population was still quite small, but in the past 30 years the population has increased about 35 fold and there are now >12000 breeding pairs. Here's the parakeet population trend: data.bto.org/trends_explorer/?species=Ring-necked+Parakeet
I wasn't intending to upload this bridge camera photo taken in Bushy Park until my Flickr contact Phil Lucas suggested in a comment yesterday that there might be a link between the decline of Green Woodpeckers and the increase of Ring-necked Parakeets. Green Woodpeckers have declined severely in the last 15 years, in line with my own observations but I hadn't realised quite how bad it was: data.bto.org/trends_explorer/?species=Green+Woodpecker
Phil suggested competition for nest holes, presumably with parakeets turfing out the Woodpeckers from their recently-excavated nest holes. He went on to say that he had heard that Great Spotted Woodpecker holes might be too small for Parakeets. But this Parakeet climbed out from what looked like a small crack in this old oak tree. I was really surprised when the Parakeet suddenly appeared and emerged from a space that looked too small for it. The deepest part of the crack looked narrower than the diameter of a Great Spotted Woodpecker hole. Of course there may be other reasons, such as a more spirited defence of their nest holes by the smaller woodpecker. I should add that all three breeding woodpecker species in Britain excavate a fresh nesting cavity each year, sometimes in the same tree. So there should be lots of old holes available for the Parakeets. I should also say that although parakeets may be a factor in the decline of Green Woodpecker, the problem must run deeper, as they have declined similarly in areas without parakeets, such as my part of the Pennines.
Perruches à collier dans les branches hivernales d’Argenteuil
Deux perruches à collier (Psittacula krameri) perchées dans un arbre couvert de baies, apportant une touche exotique et colorée au paysage urbain d’hiver.
Photo prise à Argenteuil, France, à l’iPhone 15 Pro.
Rose-ringed parakeets in winter branches, Argenteuil
Two rose-ringed parakeets perched among berry-covered branches, adding an exotic splash of green to the winter urban landscape.
Shot in Argenteuil, France, with an iPhone 15 Pro.
This female rose-ringed parakeet decided to go in this Chinese apple tree to eat some fruits but she was not really happy to see me during her lunch, then after few photos she didnt take care anymore about me.
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Les perruches à colliers sont devenues légion en Ile-de-France et leur présence continue de croître.
Rose-ringed parakeets have become legion in Ile-de-France and their presence continues to grow.
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Flight of Rose-ringed Parakeet ...
Explosion on a paddy field....
Born Free-Live Free....Let all bird Be Free...
Rose-ringed parakeets are native to sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, but were brought to Hawaii as part of the pet trade in the 1960s. After being released or escaping, their population has grown substantially in the wild and they are now big agricultural pests of fruit and seed crops. This one was sitting around with some friends in a tree near the beach at Waikiki.