#0673 · 🐦 birds

Alexandrine Parakeet

🇳🇱 Grote Alexanderparkiet ·Psittacula eupatria

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands (introduced)

9 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © jageshwerverma · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Nishant Purushottam Berde · CC BY 4.0
3. © Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas · CC BY 4.0
4. © Jeff Melvaine · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Donald Davesne · CC BY 4.0
6. © Shahrzad Fattahi · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © Sam Hambly · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. © Uma Vaijnath · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
9. © rwcannon57 · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The Alexandrine parakeet or Alexandrian parrot ( Psittacula eupatria ) is a member of the psittaciformes order and of the family Psittaculidae. The species is named after Alexander the Great, who is credited with the exporting of numerous specimens of this bird from Punjab into various European and Mediterranean countries and regions, where they were considered prized possessions for the nobles, royalty & warlords.

base stats

NL sightings 221iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 5,271iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).