Commonly known as the ring-necked or rose-ringed parakeet in reference to the band around the male birds' necks, Psittacula krameri is native to Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. To pinpoint the ancestral ...

Step 4 – Create a Safe Flight Area If you allow your parakeet out of the cage for some occasional exercise, make sure the room is bird-proofed. Remove hazards like open windows, ceiling fans ...

Suddenly over the sizzle of the sausages I heard an extraordinary noise and a flock of about sixty bright-green birds flew squawking overhead. Ring necked parakeets, our only naturalised parrot.

Glasgow's wild parakeet flock is colourful and popular with the locals but their days may be numbered. About 20 or 30 of the birds have made their home in Victoria Park in the west of the city.

Shultz highlights other birds lost to our world, such as the Ivory-billed Woodpecker and the Carolina Parakeet, both now extinct. The U.S. even had a bird resembling a penguin, called the Great ...