Profile
In flight
Parrots
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Psittacula krameri
- rare
- 55 km/h
- Least Concern
Screeching green flocks blow through old city trees at evening, raiding mango and tamarind. A creature of palaces, courtyards, and the long Indian summer.
- Population
- very large and increasing, with established feral populations across Europe and the Middle East
- Habitat
- towns, parks, palace gardens, agricultural land, open woodland
- Diet
- fruit, seeds, grain, flowers, buds, nectar
- Size
- 0.4 m
- Wingspan
- 0.45 m
