5400 x 3600 px | 45,7 x 30,5 cm | 18 x 12 inches | 300dpi
Aufnahmedatum:
7. April 2009
Ort:
Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary or Keoladeo Ghana National Park, Rajasthan, India
Weitere Informationen:
The Rose-Ringed Parakeet or Indian Ringneck is classified as a smaller parrot known as the parakeet. They are green with undertones of blue, the male has a black ring around his neck. They grow to 40 cm (16 inches). Its average single wing length is about 15–17.5 cm (6-7 inches). Rose-ringed Parakeet is sexually dimorphic which means differences in the physiology of the male and female of the species. Both the male and female can Mimicry, the abilility to mimic human speech. They are part of the true parrots family of which about 330 species of birds belonging to the Psittacidae family. They originate from the southern Indian subcontinent. But have spread far and wide. In the UK (London) Legend has it the birds escaped from Shepperton Studios in Surrey, during filming of the 1951 movie 'The African Queen' starring Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn. The film had various other locations in London including Isleworth Studios, Middlesex and also at Ealing amongst others. Also the rocker Jimi Hendrix is also said to have released two parakeets as an alternative symbol of peace in Carnaby Street in the 1960s. With other suggestions stating that some escaped from an aviary during the huge hurricane storm of 1987. But records suggest that parakeets have been living in the wild in Britain since 1855, but population have now increased dramatically.
