MAILBAG
Alien parakeet is wrongly named
S
ir ~ Regarding the letter
from Fred of
N ie tgedacht ( Smallholder
Dec/Jan) nowhere in my
parrot/parakeet books could I
find a reference to a rosy
cheeked parakeet, and Dr
Google also does not know
about these birds either.
It is either a rose-ringed
parakeet (Indian ringneck) or a
rosy-faced parakeet, a very
much smaller edition and an
inhabitant of Namibia.
Both the Indian ringneck and
the rosy-faced parakeet are
bred in large numbers by
birdkeepers in South Africa
Joop
By email
You are quite correct. Fred
named the bird incorrectly.
He was referring to the rose-
ringed parakeet.
While it may, indeed, be bred
by keepers in South Africa, it
is a declared alien invader
species.
~ Editor
Right: Rose-RINGED parakeet,
not rosy-CHEEKED parakeet,
aka Indian Ringneck. Alien
invader species
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