Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having a collar of rose-red feathers: noting a collared parrot, Palæornis torquatus, known as the rose-ringed parrakeet. See cut under
ring-parrot .
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The diverse vegetation communities support a notable resident and migratory bird fauna, including cliff species such as fox-kestrel Falco alopex, Gabar goshawk Melierax gabar, yellow-billed shrike Corvinella corvina scarlet-chested sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis,, rose-ringed parakeet Psittacula krameri, cliff chat Thamnolea cinnamomeiventris (abundant) and rock dove Columbia livia.
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Maps for Lost Lovers is fraught with images of nature: Jugnus prized moths and butterflies, the peacocks that invade his house after his and Chandas disappearance, the lilacs used to entice fish, the flock of Indian rose-ringed parakeets that mysteriously appear in English gardens.
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The breeding season for the alexandrine (_Palaeornis eupatrius_) and the rose-ringed paroquet (_P. torquatus_) begins at the end of January or early in February.
A Bird Calendar for Northern India Douglas Dewar 1916
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The noisy spotted owlets (_Athene brama_) and the rose-ringed paroquets (_Palaeornis torquatus_) are already the happy possessors of clutches of white eggs hidden away in cavities of decayed trees or buildings.
A Bird Calendar for Northern India Douglas Dewar 1916
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The harsh cries of the rose-ringed paroquets give place to the softer call of the slaty-headed species.
Birds of the Indian Hills Douglas Dewar 1916
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Individually, any of the rose-ringed parakeets could be the star of a DreamWorks film, electric green with bright pink beaks and the voluble personalities that have long made the tropical species a popular household pet.
The Seattle Times 2011
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Individually, any of the rose-ringed parakeets could be the star of a DreamWorks film, electric green with bright pink beaks and the voluble personalities that have long made the tropical species a popular household pet.
NYT > Home Page By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL 2011
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Native to the Indian subcontinent and sub-Saharan Africa, the rose-ringed parakeet is enjoying a population explosion in many London suburbs, turning a once-exotic bird into a notorious pest that awakens children, monopolizes garden bird feeders and might even threaten British crops.
The Seattle Times 2011
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Native to the Indian subcontinent and sub-Saharan Africa, the rose-ringed parakeet is enjoying a population explosion in many London suburbs, turning a once-exotic bird into a notorious pest that awakens children, monopolizes garden bird feeders and might even threaten British crops.
NYT > Home Page By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL 2011
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The rose-ringed parakeet, from India and Asia, is positively abundant, too, in colonies of up to 6,000 in west London and southern England.
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
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