Rose Ringed Parakeet | Ring Necked Parakeet

Rose Ringed Parakeet, also known as “Ring-Necked Parakeet” is a middle-sized parrot belongs to the “Psittacula”. It has a wide range of varieties.

Size

Rose Ringed Parakeets is typically 16 inches (40 cm) long with tail feathers. The tail feathers are a large part of their entire size. The normal length of single wing ranges between 5.9 to 6.9 inches (15 to 17.5 cm).

Appearance

Rose Ringed Parakeet is generally pondered sexually dimorphic. The matured male parrot display a red & black neck-ring, whereas, the female or younger bird either show no neck-ring or display shadow comparable pale to dark-grey neck-rings. Both sexes have a distinctive green color. In wild, Rose Ringed Parakeet is a very noisy breed with a distinctive shrieking call, and captive birds can be trained to speak.

Rose Ringed Parakeets are one of exceptional parrots which can adjust well to live in disturbed environments. They have tolerated much assault on the developments. As a common pet breed, escaped birds have occupied a large number of cities around the world, including Northern and Western Europe. The breed is documented as the smallest anxiety by “IUCN” (International Union for Conservation of Nature) as its population appears to be increasing, but its recognition as a pet bird and disregard with agriculturalists have dropped its numbers in many areas of its native range.

Distribution

There are four subspecies recognized, though they differ a small bit:

African Subspecies

African Rose Ringed Parakeet is generally seen in western Africa in areas: Guinea, Senegal, and southern Mauritania, Uganda, and southern Sudan, Egypt. African Rose Ringed Parakeets are also inhabitant at Nile valley and surely in Giza. They occasionally are seen on the north coast and Sinai. The species was bred first in Israel during 1980s and it is thought to be an antagonistic breed.

Abyssinian Rose Ringed Parakeet is commonly seen in Northwest Somalia, Ethiopia, and Sennar District of Sudan.

Asian Subspecies

Indian Rose Ringed Parakeet is innate to southern Indian subcontinent. The breed has wild and adjusted populations around the world. In Australia, London, USA, and some other western countries, the breed is often represented as ‘Indian Ring Neck Parrot’.

Boreal Rose Ringed Parakeet is generally prevalent in countries: Pakistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, and Burma. Though, adapted population is found worldwide.

Indian subspecies are bigger than African subspecies.

Diet and Feeding

In wild, Rose Ringed Parakeets mostly feed on shoots, fruits, nuts, vegetables, and seeds. The wild flocks can fly many miles to get food from woodlands and groves, and they also get wild injuries. In India, the breed gets food from cereal grains, however, in winters they feed on pigeon-peas. In Egypt, Rose Ringed Parakeets generally feed on mulberry during the spring and in summers they feed on dates. Rose Ringed Parakeets make their nests in palm-trees and get food from sunflower and corn-fields.

In captivity, they take excessive food comprising vegetables, fruits, seeds, and even a small amount of roasted meat to get the protein. Though, fats, salts, chocolate, liquor, and other flavors should be avoided.

Breeding

Indian Rose Ringed Parakeets make pairs from September to December timeframe in north-west India. They do not have permanent mating partners and they often mate with an alternative partner during the next breeding. During winter seasons, they like to live and guard their nests, thus avoiding competition for residences with other birds. Feeding on winter pea-crops delivers the females with nutrients essential for egg production. From April to June, they look after their new babies. The young birds start fledging before monsoon season and leave their nests.

Aviculture

They are widespread home pets and they have a long history in aviculture. The first Greeks retained the Indian subspecies ‘P. Krameri Manillensis’, and the early Romans saved the African subspecies ‘P. Krameri Krameri’. The color variations in Indian breed have become generally accessible in recent years.

Mimicry

Both male and female individuals of Rose Ringed Parakeet breed have the skill to learn human dialogs. Initially, the breed concentrates to its environments, and then they copy the voices of humans. These parrots eager to learning are fairly bred at homes.

Rose-Ringed Parakeet

Pet Parrot having a blue-color mutation