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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe Parakeets of London
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Alfons López Tena @alfonslopeztena 22h
In the Greater London area, the population of feral ring-necked parakeets has grown to tens of thousands. Native to Africa and India, the birds are generalist feeders and seem to be well adapted to the urban settings and colder climate of southern England
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The Greater London area is home to thousands of parakeets. The population of feral ring-necked parakeets has grown from hundreds back in the 1980s to more than 30,000 according to the last count in 2012. The birds, native to Africa and India, are generalist feeders and seem to be well adapted to the urban settings and colder climate of southern England. The origins of the London parakeet population remain a bit mysterious, and a few popular theories existthat Jimi Hendrix released a mating pair in the 1960s, for example, or that a flock escaped from a set during the filming of the Humphrey Bogart movie The African Queen, or possibly that a storm damaged several aviaries in the 1980s. The parakeets impact on local species is still not fully understood, and studies are ongoing.
The Parakeets of London
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The Parakeets of London (Original Post)
bigtree
Apr 2021
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MoonRiver
(36,926 posts)1. They're beautiful!
bigtree
(85,915 posts)3. stunningly
Last edited Thu Apr 29, 2021, 11:05 AM - Edit history (1)
...brilliant in flocks.
Parakeets peek out of holes in a tree in Richmond, England.
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JHB
(37,128 posts)2. If only they could be taught to sing "Ah-Woooo!"
Croney
(4,646 posts)4. Just thinking of that myself.
PlanetBev
(4,098 posts)7. Oh, you stole my thunder!
Little old lady got mutilated late last night, Parakeets of London again!
albacore
(2,386 posts)6. They weigh about an ounce less than a bobwhite quail. I'm surprised they aren't on the menu.
abqtommy
(14,118 posts)8. Lovely. To use the words of Terry Pratchett, "Who's a good boy then?".