Alexandrine Parakeet

Psittacula eupatria

KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
PhylumChordata (Chordates)
ClassAves (Birds)
OrderPsittaciformes (Parrots)
FamilyPsittacidae (New World and African Parrots)
GenusPsittacula (Old World Parakeets)
SpeciesPsittacula eupatria (Alexandrine Parakeet)

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

at Gir National Park

1 Verified sightings at Gir National Park From 2019 to 2026

10,594 Verified sightings across all 23 parks From 2019 to 2026

🌅 Crepuscular When it's spotted at dawn and dusk

About the Alexandrine Parakeet

The Alexandrine parakeet (Psittacula eupatria), also known as the Alexandrine parrot, is a medium-sized parrot in the genus Psittacula of the family Psittaculidae, native to South Asia and Southeast Asia. It is named after Alexander the Great, who transported numerous birds from Punjab to various European and Mediterranean countries and regions, where they were prized by the royalty, nobility and warlords.

The Alexandrine parakeet has established feral populations in Turkey, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Iran, Pakistan, Germany, The Netherlands and Belgium where it lives alongside feral populations of its close relative, the rose-ringed parakeet (Psittacula krameri).

The Alexandrine parakeet was first described by French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson as Psittaca Ginginiana or "La Perruche de Gingi" (The Gingi's Parakeet) in 1760; after the town of Gingee in southeastern India, which was a French outpost then. The birds may, however, merely have been held in captivity there. Carl Linnaeus redescribed the Alexandrine parakeet in 1766 as Psittacus eupatria.

The genus name Psittacula is a diminutive of the Latin word... Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Gir National Park

Psittacula krameri

Daily sighting probability ~60% · Likely

Psittacula cyanocephala

Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

#	Park	Country	Daily sighting probability
1	Satpura National Park	🇮🇳 India	~50%
2	Royal Bardia National Park	🇳🇵 Nepal	~50%
3	Kanha National Park	🇮🇳 India	~50%
4	Chitwan National Park	🇳🇵 Nepal	~50%
5	Kaziranga National Park	🇮🇳 India	~40%
6	Bandhavgarh National Park	🇮🇳 India	~40%
7	Minneriya National Park	🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	~30%
8	Ranthambore National Park	🇮🇳 India	~30%
9	Yala National Park	🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	~10%
10	Keoladeo National Park	🇮🇳 India	~10%
11	Sinharaja Forest Reserve	🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	<5%
12	Manas National Park	🇮🇳 India	<5%
13	Wilpattu National Park	🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	<5%
14	Jim Corbett National Park	🇮🇳 India	<5%
15	Sundarbans National Park	🇮🇳 India	<5%
16	Nagarhole National Park	🇮🇳 India	<5%
17	Gir National Park	🇮🇳 India	Insufficient data
18	Daintree National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	Insufficient data
19	Blue Mountains National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	Insufficient data
20	Sierra Nevada National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	Insufficient data
21	Royal Manas National Park	🇧🇹 Bhutan	Insufficient data
22	Khao Yai National Park	🇹🇭 Thailand	Insufficient data
23	Wadden Sea National Park	🇩🇪 Germany	Insufficient data

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