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Bali Impressions-Animals in and around your
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Psittacula alexandri ,
Red-breasted Parakeet , Betet |
The Red-breasted parakeet, Psittacula alexandri, is among the
more widespread species of the genus and is the species which has the
most geographical variations. An alternative name is the Moustached
Parakeet depending on subspecies. Most of the subspecies are confined to
small islands or a cluster of islands in Indonesia. One subspecies
occurs in the Andaman islands, and one subspecies occurs in continental
Southeast Asia and partly extending to northeastern parts of South Asia
along the foothills of the Himalayas. Some of the island races may be
threatened by the wild bird trade. The nominate race, which occurs in
Java, is close to extinction.
Feral populations of this species have now established themselves in
cities like Mumbai and small numbers occur in other cities such as
Chennai and Bangalore in India.
The binomial commemorates Alexander the Great. |
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