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Quick Facts
- Type
- Bird
- Size
- About 40 cm long, including the tail
- Weight
- 95–140 g (3.4–4.9 oz)
- Habitat
- Dry savanna, woodland and urban parks
- Diet
- Herbivore — seeds, fruit, nuts and blossoms
- Active Time
- Diurnal, active by day
- Lifespan
- Up to 25–30 years in captivity
Field Notes
- Only adult males show the black-and-pink neck ring; females and young birds have plain green necks.
- Males do not grow their neck ring until they are two to three years old.
- Escaped birds have established huge feral populations in cities across Europe and the Middle East.
- Communal roosts can gather thousands of birds together noisily at dusk.
About the Rose-ringed Parakeet
The Rose-ringed Parakeet is a slender green parrot native to a broad belt of dry savanna and woodland across sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, and it has also established enormous feral populations in cities across Europe, the Middle East and beyond after escaping captivity. Only adult males carry the narrow black-and-pink ring around the neck that gives the species its name; females and young birds have plain green necks, and males do not develop the ring until they are two to three years old. Fast, direct fliers, flocks gather noisily at communal roosts at dusk, sometimes numbering in the thousands.
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