Alexandrine Parakeet (Psittacula eupatria) [XC19564]
by David Edwards from South Andaman Island, India (call)
Alexandrine Parakeet (Psittacula eupatria) [XC771363]
by Marc Anderson from Kalatang, South Andaman County, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India (flight call)
Subspecies
Some of currently accepted subspecies may be representative of clines, with subspecies nipalensis particularly weak.
The following 5 subspecies are recognised:
nipalensis (Hodgson, 1836) - Eastern Afghanistan and Pakistan east through northern India to Bangladesh.
eupatria (Linnaeus, 1766) - Southern India and Sri Lanka.
magnirostris (Ball, 1872) - Andaman Is.
avensis (Kloss, 1917) - Assam (north-eastern India) and northern Myanmar.
siamensis (Kloss, 1917) - Western and northern Thailand east to central Indochina.