SCIENTIFIC NAME: Psittacula krameri manillensis

The ring-necked parakeet is also known as Rose-ringed parakeet, Green parakeet, Long-tailed parakeet, Senegal long-tailed parakeet and the Northern rose-ringed parakeet.

The ring-neck is larger than other races, slightly paler and more yellow than the borealis. Females lack the black neck, cheek and chin markings, pink collar and bluish suffusion on neck and have shorter central tail feathers.
It’s highly adaptable in a variety of woodland types and highly gregarious, especially outside breeding season. It will form large noisy flocks consisting of several thousand birds and roost communally, often with crows, mynas or other parrots.

The nest of the ring-neck parakeet is usually in the hollow of a tree, or among rocks. Both males and females build the nest, but the hen alone incubates the eggs. The male attends her and guards the nest. Incubation lasts about a month. The chicks remain in the nest for four to five weeks, with both parents feeding them.