Hi,
My wife was out walking around Carine Swamp in Western Australia when she came across this parrot. Clearly not a native parrot, and presumably a cage escapee. Does anyone have an idea of species or origin?
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Thanks all for the information. Duly reported to Dept of Agriculture.
Cheers
Andrew
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Ringnecks are believed to have been kept in Australia since the late 19th Century. The first ones were undoubtedly wild caught and probably wild caught imports continued to arrive until importation of exotic birds was stopped in the 1950’s. From that time the birds available have been aviary bred.
Ringnecks are the most commonly kept exotic parrot, with current captive population thought to be well over 500,000 throughout Australia. The majority bred these days are colour mutations rather than the wild green colour. They can be a long lived bird – the oldest authenticated I have heard about died at 68 years, and he was still breeding at 67.
It is reassuring that in spite of these very large numbers, and the regular escape of birds over many decades, they have never established a viable breeding population as they have in Europe. The reasons are probably firstly that Europe continued to allow wild caught imports well into the 1990’s, and that the wild populations were derived from escaped wild caught birds – domesticated birds have very poor survival skills in the wild. And secondly in Europe there are no real competitors for nest hollows, in Australia there are plenty of parrots that will out compete a Ringneck for a nest site – A Rainbow Lorikeet will always win in an argument with a Ringneck.
So, while any escaped ones should be removed form the wild, the chances of them becoming a pest as in Europe is negligible
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It’s a Rose-ringed Parakeet, /Psittacula krameri/. Introduced in several countries including in Europe where they can survive cold winters and where populations are increasing.
Guillaume
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Hi Andrew,
That’s a male Rose-ringed (or Ring-necked, if you prefer) Parakeet, native to Asia and Africa and introduced to a lot of places. Cheers,
Tony
I think it is the same species that has become naturalised in west London. I saw a flock at Kew Gardens, then some flying over the M25, and then a couple in a park in West Ealing. Weird seeing parrots there. So I too would worry about its durability and adaptability in outcompeting native parrots. Cas
Hi Andrew
It’s a Ring-necked Parakeet (male I think) originating in India to East Africa and a common cage bird.
I and the WA Government consider the species a theat – many thousands have been seen on one field in the UK since they got away there. WA’s alert sheet is at:
http://www.agric.wa.gov.au/objtwr/imported_assets/content/pw/vp/bird/pestnoteindianringneckfinaltext_200607.pdf
They give a phone number – 1800 084 881 – where you can report it.
One is OK – but that is potential half of a breeding pair. They have not really got away in Australia yet – but we have to return them to sympathetic vets etc. as soon as possibe. If they get away it could be devastating to hole-nesting birds.
Michael Norris
Hi Andrew, Not sure of accurate names, but I believe they’re sold in the pet shops as “Indian Ringnecks”.
Cheers, John Tongue Ulverstone, Tas.
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