Alexandrine Parakeet (Psittacula eupatria)

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status NT
Trapping for trade is the main threat.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Squawking and screeching 'tskraau' or 'skyuat'.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (101)...)

Alexandrine Parakeet (Psittacula eupatria) [XC877132]
by Stephan Risch from Wat Chalo, Bang Kruai District, Nonthaburi, Thailand (call)

Alexandrine Parakeet (Psittacula eupatria) [XC628887]
by Stanislas Wroza from Antony, Hauts-de-Seine, \u00cele-de-France, France (call, song, series of calls)

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.

References
See References.

Files:

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