Meaning of Alexandrine parakeet | Babel Free

Definitions

A medium-sized parrot, Psittacula eupatria, native to South Asia and Southeast Asia.

Examples

“Alexandrine parakeets are among those parrot species that also come in a mutant blue color variety due to the suppression of yellow pigmentation.”

“She’s a parrot, children, a special kind – an Alexandrine parakeet. Notice her head, it’s bigger than most other parrots, and when she gets feathers she’ll have these pretty red shoulder patches ....”

“In the thirteenth century, Frederick II acquired an umbrella cockatoo from the Sultan of Babylon, and in the fourteenth century, Charles IV of France had an Alexandrine parakeet in his aviary.”

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