What Is The Scientific Name Of Alexandrine Parakeet? (ANSWERS)
SCIENTIFIC NAME OF ALEXANDRINE PARAKEET – In this topic, we are going to know and identify the scientific name of Alexandrine Parakeet.
Also known as the Alexandrine parrot, it is a medium-sized parrot in the parrot family Psittacidae. The parrot was named after Alexander the Great.
The bird has placed its populations in the following areas:
- Spain
- England
- Belgium
- the Netherlands
- Germany
- Turkey
- Saudi Arabia
- Bahrain
- Qatar
- the United Arab Emirates
- Iran
- Hong Kong
In these area, it lives alongside populations of the rose-ringed parakeet (Binomial name: Psittacula krameri).
The bird is one of the largest parakeets. It is mostly green with a light blue-grey sheen on the cheeks and nape, yellow-green abdomen, red patch on the shoulders, and a huge red beak.
Scientific name
The binomial name of Alexandrine Parakeet is Psittacula eupatria.
Psittacula is a genus of Afro-Asian ring-necked parakeets. It came from the Latin word psittacus which means “parrot”.
The species name eupatria came from the Greek words eu- meaning “well” and patriá meaning “descent”.
This species has five other subspecies:
- Nominate Alexandrine parakeet – P. e. eupatria
- Large Indian parakeet – P. e. nipalensis
- Large Burmese parakeet – P. e. avensis
- Large Andaman parakeet – P. e. magnirostris
- Thai rose-ringed parakeet – P. e. siamensis
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