Psittacula eupatria
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In 3 days ~90% in a week >90%
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 |
Likely
About 50% of wildlife watchers report an Alexandrine Parakeet sighting in Kanha National Park on a given day, based on 5,389 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 25th most-seen of the 286 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 90%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January–March and November
In those months about 60% of wildlife watchers report an Alexandrine Parakeet in Kanha National Park on a given day, against about 20% in July, the lowest month. Those are among Kanha National Park's driest months, with about 20 mm of rain a month against 430 mm in July.
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.
Among the best
Of the 17 parks where we can rate Alexandrine Parakeet sightings, Kanha National Park ranks 3rd at about 50%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Satpura National Park (India, about 50%) and Royal Bardia National Park (Nepal, about 50%). All parks ranked.
Same genus: Psittacula
The closest relatives of the Alexandrine Parakeet that you can see in Kanha National Park (genus Psittacula, Old World Parakeets) are Plum-headed Parakeet (about 50%) and Rose-ringed Parakeet (about 40%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Alexandrine Parakeet is recorded against all the birds logged in Kanha National Park (5,389 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), 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.
