🦜Rose-ringed Parakeet
The rose-ringed parakeet, also known as the ring-necked parakeet, or colloquially as the Indian Ringneck, is a medium-sized parrot in the genus Psittacula, of the family Psittaculidae. It has a disjunct native range in tropical northern Africa and the Indian subcontinent, and is now introduced into many other parts of the world where populations have established themselves having been bred for the exotic pet trade and then escaped.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2024.
- Body mass
- 0.13 kg
- Body length
- not recorded
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 34 years
Everything we know about the Rose-ringed Parakeet
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass0.13 kgAnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
data quality: acceptable
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Maximum lifespan34 yearsAnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l0.1 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Rose-ringed Parakeet yet: body length, shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classAves
- ›orderPsittaciformes
- ›familyPsittacidae
- ›genusPsittacula
- ›speciesPsittacula krameri
- superclassTetrapoda
- orderSauria
- classBirds · Aves
- orderParrots · Psittaciformes
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- orderSauria
- classBirds · Aves
- orderParrots · Psittaciformes
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