Rose-ringed Parakeet

How to identify

Field marks

1. Male has pink and black collar
2. Mainly yellow-green or green, wings almost uniform in color
3. Nominate and Guangdong subspecies have red bill, with black on lower mandible
4. Tail long, central tail feathers longest

Male, female and young

Males have a pink collar and black chin, which females and juveniles lack; juveniles have a yellower body color.

Voice

A loud “kee-ak” whistle repeated 3–6 times; “chee”, “chee” in flight, and “ak”, “ak”, “ak” as an alarm call.

Similar species

Red-breasted Parakeet

Red-breasted Parakeet has conspicuous pink and purplish-gray areas on the body.

Alexandrine Parakeet

Alexandrine Parakeet has chestnut patches on the scapulars; this species has sharper, more rapid calls.

Where and when it's recorded

Busiest months: February · Most records: India, United Kingdom, Israel

Rose-ringed Parakeet has been recorded at 1,155 of the 8,276 birding hotspots we track, in 93 countries and regions.

Records by month Northern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

1. GKVK CampusIndia16,684 records
2. Fergusson College CampusIndia8,212 records
3. Wildlife Institute of IndiaIndia8,052 records

Countries and regions with the most records

IndiaUnited KingdomIsraelSri LankaSingaporeNepalSpainUnited Arab Emirates

eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.

About

The rose-ringed parakeet (Psittacula krameri), also known as the ring-necked parakeet, or colloquially as the Indian Ringneck, is a medium-sized parrot in the genus Psittacula, of the family Psittaculidae. It has a disjunct native range in tropical northern Africa and the Indian subcontinent, and is now introduced into many other parts of the world where populations have established themselves having been bred for the exotic pet trade and then escaped.

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