Psittacula eupatria
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In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
The Alexandrine parakeet (Psittacula eupatria), also known as the Alexandrine parrot, is a medium-sized parrot in the genus Psittacula of the family Psittaculidae, native to South Asia and Southeast Asia. It is named after Alexander the Great, who transported numerous birds from Punjab to various European and Mediterranean countries and regions, where they were prized by the royalty, nobility and warlords.
The Alexandrine parakeet has established feral populations in Turkey, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Iran, Pakistan, Germany, The Netherlands and Belgium where it lives alongside feral populations of its close relative, the rose-ringed parakeet (Psittacula krameri).
The Alexandrine parakeet was first described by French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson as Psittaca Ginginiana or "La Perruche de Gingi" (The Gingi's Parakeet) in 1760; after the town of Gingee in southeastern India, which was a French outpost then. The birds may, however, merely have been held in captivity there. Carl Linnaeus redescribed the Alexandrine parakeet in 1766 as Psittacus eupatria.
The genus name Psittacula is a diminutive of the Latin word... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Satpura National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 2 | Royal Bardia National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 3 | Kanha National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 4 | Kaziranga National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 5 | Chitwan National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 6 | Bandhavgarh National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 7 | Minneriya National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 8 | Ranthambore National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 9 | Udawalawe National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 10 | Yala National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 11 | Manas National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 12 | Keoladeo National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 13 | Sinharaja Forest Reserve | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 14 | Jim Corbett National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 15 | Wilpattu National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 16 | Sundarbans National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 17 | Nagarhole National Park | 🇮🇳 India |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Abu Dhabi | 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates | |
| 2 | Mashhad | 🇮🇷 Iran | |
| 3 | Pune | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 4 | Asansol | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 5 | Kathmandu | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 6 | Kalyan-Dombivli | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 7 | Dehradun | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 8 | Amsterdam | 🇳🇱 Netherlands | |
| 9 | Istanbul | 🇹🇷 Turkey | |
| 10 | Jamshedpur | 🇮🇳 India |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Alexandrine Parakeet sighting in Athens on a given day, based on 192 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 47th most-seen of the 145 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
October
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report an Alexandrine Parakeet in Athens on a given day, against about 10% in November to September, the lowest months.
Between 6 and 9 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Alexandrine Parakeet sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is most active around dawn and dusk.
30th of 62
Of the 62 cities where we can rate Alexandrine Parakeet sightings, Athens ranks 30th at about 10%. The best odds are in Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates, about 60%), Mashhad (Iran, about 50%) and Pune (India, about 50%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Alexandrine Parakeet is recorded against all the birds logged in Athens (192 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
