Wildlife
Ring-necked parakeets are the only species of parrot that live wild in the UK. These birds are descended from pets and aviary birds which have escaped or were deliberately released, and now breed in south-east England, although they have been spotted as far afield as Wales and Scotland.
Scientific name: Psittacula krameri
Rank: Species
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Indian summer
A rugby club is home to a colony of ring-necked parakeets.
A rugby club is home to a colony of ring-necked parakeets.
Glamorous garden birds
Parakeets have taken to the British climate and the artificial habitat of suburbia.
Parakeets have taken to the British climate and the artificial habitat of suburbia.
The parakeets of Richmond Park
Chris Packham finds parakeets taking advantage of the autumn bounty in Richmond Park.
Chris Packham finds parakeets taking advantage of the autumn bounty in Richmond Park.
Ring-necked parakeets
These exotic birds didn’t get to Britain under their own steam.
These exotic birds are flourishing in some parts of Britain but they didn’t get here under their own steam.
Species range provided by WWF's Wildfinder.
The Ring-necked parakeet can be found in a number of locations including: Africa, Asia, China, Indian subcontinent, Mediterranean, United Kingdom. Find out more about these places and what else lives there.
The following habitats are found across the Ring-necked parakeet distribution range. Find out more about these environments, what it takes to live there and what else inhabits them.
Discover what these behaviours are and how different plants and animals use them.
Additional data source: Animal Diversity Web
Least Concern
Year assessed: 2009
Classified by: IUCN 3.1
The Rose-ringed Parakeet (Psittacula krameri), also known as the Ring-necked Parakeet, is a gregarious tropical Afro-Asian parakeet species that has an extremely large range. Since the trend of the population appears to be increasing, the species was evaluated as Least Concern by IUCN in 2012.
Rose-ringed parakeets are popular as pets. Its scientific name commemorates the Austrian naturalist Wilhelm Heinrich Kramer.
This non-migrating species is one of few parrot species that have successfully adapted to living in 'disturbed habitats', and in that way withstood the onslaught of urbanisation and deforestation. In the wild, this is a noisy species with an unmistakable squawking call.
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Desert
Mangroves
Mediterranean forest
Temperate grassland
Tropical grassland
Urban
Adapted to flying
Acoustic communication
Herbivorous
Monogamous
Moulting
Egg layer
Parental investment
Social
Seed dispersal
Sexual dimorphism
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