ring-necked parakeet

English

Male P. k. borealis

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)
• French: perruche à collier (fr) f
• German: Halsbandsittich m
• Scottish Gaelic: paracait choilearach f
• Turkish: halkalı boyunlu paraket, yeşil papağan (tr)

References

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