Alexandrine parakeet
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Alexandrine parakeet
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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.
noun Alexandrine parakeets
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A medium-sized parrot, Psittacula eupatria, native to South Asia and Southeast Asia.
Alexandrine parakeets are among those parrot species that also come in a mutant blue color variety due to the suppression of yellow pigmentation.
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