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Since the 1960s, London’s parks and gardens have been home to striking green residents: Rose-ringed parakeets. Theories about their origins abound. But what really brought these parrots to a city so much colder than their natural habitat? Recently, scientists have used techniques from the world of criminology to find the answer: London’s parakeets were released from captivity. But who did it? And how did their numbers grow? Join us to investigate an avian mystery.
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🔗 Source: “Understanding the origins of the ring-necked parakeet in the UK” https://zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jzo.12753
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They are invasive in Belgium too
The sounds in the background sound like Rainbow Lorikeets not Ringed Neck Parrots.
I have seen yellow ones mixed with green in north west londo
It's not only London or the UK. Lots of them in Amsterdam, Brussels, Paris, Lille, and around.
I own 2 IRNs and they are such a joy to have. Def a big responsibility but I love them so much and their sassy, intelligent personalities! And they can talk really well and are so intelligent it. Love them (and all birds) so much!
I originally liked this though had to down-vote for the subtle fascist climate-change fraud.
Had so many pet parakeets throughout my childhood. They are so much fun and talkative as well!
Do not feed wild birds. Doing so increases their populations to pest proportion.
the birds got there cause they also followed their colonizers
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Seen them in little flocks in Windsor Great Park and in our garden in Hampshire! 🙂
These birds are not indigenous to Africa, they originate from the north of India where the climate is quite similar to Europe. This species has simply migrated and has found most European cities offer favorable conditions for them, you will see them thriving in most European cities.
either way they are a invasive and a pest. They will harm local animal life and create bigger problem ahead. Messing with the ecosystem can have a massive butterfly effect. Just ask the australians about rabbits.
In Belgium also .. There a real pest ..
Ringnecks cannot be kept as pets in India as per law. They are a protected species here.
Why use these fake computer-generated pictures of parakeets?
That is not entirely true, they progress over Europe as well and you can see them in almost every city in Europe. They simply migrate from Afrika and are able to live here due to their adaptability to the European climate which,by the way, is getting warmer in the last decades.
It doesn't seem like they're causing too much trouble. I'd take parrots over the starlings and house sparrows we here in the US got from the Brits. I hear the starling population isn't doing so hot over there too so if you guys ever want to trade we have hundreds of millions to spare..
The fact that parrots live every where now
I remember seeing some large blue parrots outside my South London flat in the mid-1980’s one Winter’s Sunday morning. I called the police as I assumed that they had escaped recently from somewhere – what a mistake. The person at the other end of the line said “hold the line a moment while I check” and after several minutes of roaring laughter in the background, the person picked the phone back up and struggled to put a sentence together. Being super-stupid, I told my workmates about the whole story in the office the next day. By the end of the day I had lost count of the number of times people burst into laughter as we passed in corridors, etc. Well, a few days later the evening TV news ran a story about blue parrots being spotted all over the area I lived in and had interviews with several people who said they’d been around for quite a few years. Redemption!
Thank the tories as always
These green birds are also been seen in the Netherlands.
I'm sitting here watching this a flock of these parakeets settle in a huge oak tree down the bottom of my garden
I have the same thing going on over in Long Beach California cuz I was sitting out there one day and I saw a couple of them like that
We have them in Duesseldorf Germany too. I think cologne and Duisburg too.
mithu is indian pet name fr parrot!! They are endangered species in India and protected species!! They are not allowed to keep as pets
Rose ringed parakeets are not natiev in South Africa they are invasive
We have a small flock in Glasgow, Scotland. They fly very fast .
I enjoyed the commentary. Are you an A.I. voice? One of the more understandable, domestic pet release reason I've heard. People would have been dealing with other serious issues at that time as well. 1920-30s, possibly the Depression, poverty and more!
Nice.
Why only the green and not the yellow or blue ones or red ones?
Well they are South Asians aren't they? Aka Indians… They'll survive anywhere. You invaded us back then well, we and our birds invade u now. Ha ha 😅
They do not belongs to Africa they specifically called as indian ringneck parrots and they are banned in india to pet
When Britishers looted india they took them from here as well as pets
Mithhu is a hindi word which means parrot and here in india first word they learn easily is mitthu
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They get the 'Climate Change' meme in at 4:43.
In Pakistan we use to pet them and we say them "Mettho"
As a Perot speakin video "Mettho"
It shows it's Desi community escape bird 😂❤
I live in London, and all i hear in my garden is their loud call 😂
I live in East London and recently saw 2 i was amazed!!! ❤❤
"Climate change" has nothing to do with it, please stop using that narrative. These birds survive in cold winter locations, as do other "tropical" weather birds all over the world. Just because they weren't native to the UK doesn't mean they can't survive in the UK. In the 1930's there was no talk about the climate. They are growing in numbers because people are allowing them to grow in numbers by not culling them and continuously feeding them.
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I bet these parrots chirp with a cockney accent.
They are lovely birds except for that they are incredibly noisy with their loud squawking in flocks. That can be annoying and does mark them out as alien. Invariably you hear them before you see them. I should add that, at the moment at least, they are creatures of the cities and suburbs, and not the countryside.
I've never seen a single one when I've been passing through London via train where do they normally get seen ?
For god sakes! these are indian ring necks. why wont you acknowledge this? They have migrated around the time Britain colonised india.