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Related: About this forumGreen parakeets all over Scotland
Not the budgie-type, which Americans call parakeets. More like a small parrot.
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/and-i-would-squawk-500-miles-green-parakeet-invasion-reaches-scotland-f69xlvbgt
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Green parakeets all over Scotland (Original Post)
shenmue
Oct 2019
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catbyte
(34,458 posts)1. They sure are pretty little birds. Thanks for posting!
asiliveandbreathe
(8,203 posts)2. Beautiful ...we have Peach faced lovebirds in the cacti here in AZ
Similar to the small parrots -
catbyte
(34,458 posts)4. Some friends of mine used to raise peach-faced lovebirds. Lovely little beings. Very smart and
affectionate. They always remind me of Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds" though. That's where I first saw them.
mopinko
(70,239 posts)3. lots of parakeets. it denotes a long tail.
those are alexandrines of some type. there are other feral populations.