Chennai: The state govt’s campaign against using rose-ringed parakeets as pets seems to have worked as the trade has come down drastically this year. The early months of the year are the time when ...

Rose-ringed parakeets can be identified by their long tails (about the same length as their lime-green bodies), red beaks and loud call. Mature male parakeets have a black or rose-colored ring around ...

Experts say it’s only luck that the rose-ringed parakeet (Psittacula krameri), native to Africa and the Indian subcontinent and now the “most common invasive parrot on the planet”, hasn’t yet become ...

MADURAI: Ramanathapuram forest division released ten rose-ringed parakeets into the wild on Monday. These parakeets were raised as pets illegally and handed over to the department after it had warned ...

The Rose-ringed Parakeet, a foreign parrot native to Africa and India, was first reported flying wild in Ireland in 1998. It is not known how that individual got here; the speculation at the time was ...