440 parrots rescued from bus in Ghaziabad

Baby Alexandrine parakeets in trade NEW DELHI: People For Animals (PFA) rescued 440 parrots while they were being transported on a bus in Ghaziabad on Friday. The birds, stuffed in four cages, were being taken to Delhi's Jama Masjid area from where some of them would have been transported to Jaipur. About 60 of them were found dead or died soon after being rescued. The condition of another 60-70 was said to be critical.

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Bird-lovers flock to common for parakeet count

Wildlife lovers will tally up beaks, claws and feathers as they investigate Mitcham's growing parakeet population this weekend.

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Parakeet project calls for a flock of bird-spotters in South-East England

One Ring-necked parakeetVolunteers are needed to help Imperial scientists carry out a regular census of Rose-ringed Parakeets, small but noisy green birds living in London and the South-East of England - News

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Spotting a Blonde in the garden

The proud yellow parakeet with tilted headThe Rose-ringed Parakeet or Mala Girawa is no stranger to us. But the bird spotted in Attidiya was no ordinary parakeet, says Malaka Rodrigo

“This yellow, Rose-ringed Parakeet is coming to the bird feeder in our garden with other birds. What is this bird?” asked Dr. D. Rodrigo, a puzzled birder circulating a series of photos to the Field Ornithology Group’s (FOGSL) email group on May 2. The photos showed a beautiful bird very similar to a normal Rose-ringed Parakeet or Mala Girawa, but unlike the other Rose-ringed Parakeets which are green, this one was yellow.

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Rare birds seized from city shops

Captured Alexandrine parakeets. Photo: Pratiksha

The Wildlife Crime Control Unit of Forest Department in a drive on Thursday recovered 320 birds of rare species from the capital's Katabon and the outskirts Tongi.

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