the big Alexander-parakeet (Psittacula eupatria) belongs to the type of the noble-parakeets, that at all weitestverbreiteten. With several subtypes and races, its spread-area stretches over India and the Andamanen as far as after Thailand eastward.
Shape The head with a bluish neck and the pink neck-bond is taken off the mainly green plumage. A dark stripe changes the throat. The red beaks and the long, stepped tails are conspicuous. U distinguish the males from its females for itself. a. through a bay shoulder-stain.
Colored quite similarly, however without shoulder-stains, the little one Alexander-parakeet or collar-parakeet (Psittacula krameri) are, who become up to 42 cm long. it also often lives in the Asian area in large flocks until Hong Kong, advances in Africa as far as to the Senegal however west.
Way of life Forests and loosened up culture-landscapes live in like all near relatives types of the noble-parakeets the big and little one Alexander-parakeet where they usually look for nuts, seeds, fruits or grains in smaller troops. Occasionally, they meet to gigantic flights and brood-colonies; they can then prepare considerable damage in the agriculture.
Into the often home-made tree-caves, the females put 3-4 whitens, roundish eggs, from which the boys slip after 20 days. Both parents share the brood-business and feed the nestlings with high-choked food.
In its home, these parrots are very popular as "pet of the small man"; often, they perform as an acrobat in traveling-circuses. The birds of some area of India are sprechfreudig very much and are acted at high prices
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