Britain's only naturalised parrot, the ring-necked parakeet, Psittacula krameri, has firmly established itself in parts of the country. An exotic-looking bird, with a green body, red beak and a pink ...

An interesting and joyous investigation into London’s free-roaming ring-necked parakeets and the people who love them, hate them, or who simply plug their ears when they hear them Two ring-necked ...

Wild parakeets have been living in the UK since the 19th century, but only since the 1990s have the green birds been spotted in London and the south of England in significant numbers. According to the ...

Wild parakeet breeding populations are established in more than 30 countries They're good at adapting to new environments, and there are few natural predators outside native area Love them or hate ...

The parakeet is one of the the world’s most successful invasive species. Though they are not native to the UK, ring-necked parakeets are now so numerous here that they qualify as a common British bird ...

Falcons in the capital have turned to eating parakeets after pigeons fled London during lockdown, a study has found. Peregrine falcons turned to starlings and parakeets after pigeons left London in ...

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Sightings of the birds – which for years have colonised a number of London parks – are being reported in and around Crawley and Horsham. The parrot-like birds have been spotted at Ifield Wood, Faygate ...

A new David Attenborough documentary sheds light on an old urban myth. David Attenborough’s documentary revisits myths about parakeet origins in London. Experts debunk Jimi Hendrix’s alleged release ...