Rose-ringed parakeets can be identified by their long tails (about the same length as their lime-green bodies), red beaks and loud call. Mature male parakeets have a black or rose-colored ring around ...

A recent study identified where the UK’s naturalized parakeets came from by adapting a powerful crime investigation technique designed to locate and identify serial criminals That's one way to hide a ...

KIHEI (HawaiiNewsNow) - A new invasive pest has been captured on the Valley Isle. A rose-ringed parakeet was captured in Kihei in July. It’s unclear how many of the invasive birds are on the island, ...

It seems incongruous: fluorescent-green tropical birds totally at home in a park in Hesse, Germany (pictured, above). Are they fugitives from a tearoom or a pirate ship? No—just opportunistic avians ...

KEKAHA — Researchers have documented a decrease in Kauai’s population of rose-ringed parakeets, a invasive species plaguing local farms. Tiffani Keanini, manager of Kauai Invasive Species Committee, ...