#0575 · 🐦 birds

Rose-ringed Parakeet

🇳🇱 Halsbandparkiet ·Psittacula krameri

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands (introduced)

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

1. © Mousam Ray · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Oswaldo Hernández · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Martin Grimm · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Michel Renou · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Cristian Hurtado Cusnir · CC BY 4.0
6. © VarmaX · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
7. © Arun Sreekumar · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. © Arun Sreekumar · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. © Luís Lourenço · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

what is it?

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.

base stats

NL sightings 1,572iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 49,113iNaturalist 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).

fun facts

Spotted 1,572 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #44 most seen of the birds in NL.
49,113 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Giovanni Antonio Scopoli in 1769 (257 years ago).
Not originally Dutch: it was introduced to the Netherlands.