Rose-ringed Parakeets - Wild in The Gambia | Discover PARROTS

Wild West African rose-ringed parakeets (Psittacula krameri krameri) have rarely been filmed in their natural range. You can see them in this video, probably for the first time! Notice the differences between this subspecies and the more common, Asian parakeets. Observe their feeding and breeding behaviour.
Audio and video recorded on site in The Gambia, West Africa, by Florin Feneru and Monica Crugel.
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[@saewa827]

These birds wake me up in Cologne, Germany every day and for some beautiful seconds I feel like on vacation. I am so thankful for that.

[@Loveofpets]

Beautiful video! Loved seeing them in the wild. Thanks for sharing!

[@DiscoverPARROTS]

Thank you very much! Seeing them and the other parrots was my main objective for the trip. Yours, Florin

[@fashionfobie]

Aren't some of these African Ring neck? Beautiful video! Thank you for making it.

[@DiscoverPARROTS]

fashionfobie you are right, these are African rose-ringed parakeets, Psittacula krameri krameri. They are the West African subspecies. Thank you so much for your kind feedback! I’m going to publish soon a video about the Senegal parrots in the same place.

[@fashionfobie]

@@DiscoverPARROTS yay! So excited so see them.

[@EricAdamsYT]

Well done! I appreciate the captions and you did a great job explaining the habitat and other birds. Thanks for posting this.

[@DiscoverPARROTS]

Thanks for your feedback! I didn’t get as much footage of them as I expected but maybe next time when I go to The Gambia...

[@denisseha4595]

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[@RobertCraft-re5sf]

Awww they're very cute to see in the wild.

[@gabrielaaru2822]

Exploring wildlife! Beautiful footage, amazing birds and interesting story! Congratulation!

[@DiscoverPARROTS]

Thanks a bunch, Gabriela!

[@josvalent6949]

@@DiscoverPARROTS thank you

[@jennygibbons1258]

These incredible birds survive in the winter here in London. Big tourist attraction. Very curious and feed from the hand.

[@DiscoverPARROTS]

You are right. I have even filmed them on a snowy winter day in Kensington Gardens. They do see harsh weather at the foothills of Himalayas.

[@elizaelectric]

They're also here in the Netherlands. I just picked up a loose feather from one here in Amsterdam

[@TJ-yg7fi]

Wow! Finally some information regarding African Ring Neck Parakeets! I recently rescued/adopted one from the Denver Animal Rescue, about 3 weeks ago. Kiwi is still very shy and we know nothing about it’s history. We are building trust still and Kiwi loved the video! It was like, “That’s my Tribe” ❤️ Again, thank you for filming this amazing species. Kiwi is missing most toenails and parts of toes. Assuming the mother and/or father got a little excited with preening. 🤷🏻‍♀️ Keep up this amazing work. I can’t tell you how much this meant to me, to finally see this bird in the wild. You gained a lifetime Subscriber ❤️

[@DiscoverPARROTS]

Dear Tania, thank you so much for your warm feedback! I'm so happy to see that my work is appreciated by other parrot lovers. I'm back from Africa (again!) and catching up with comments. I hope to get back to The Gambia next year and film the parakeets, maybe in better conditions. I will also make a video with wild parakeets sounds, to be used for companion birds like your Kiwi. I'm recording mostly in my garden in London, where they come to the feeder. Give it time and Kiwi will settle in his/her new life with you. best wishes, Florin

[@infinitebudgie]

Hello Tania

[@hichemovic4675]

africa is amazing , hello from algeria

[@FakhuruddinTunio]

I love parrots

[@alimansoor7863]

Thanks for your wonderful work and videos

[@DiscoverPARROTS]

Thank you so much!

[@laminconteh259]

Beautiful. Thanks for sharing. The Gambia my home country

[@DiscoverPARROTS]

The Gambia was a dream come true for me! So many beautiful places! Thanks for your kind comment. Yours, Florin

[@amariev226]

THANK YOU for doing this work and bringing it to us, to see. I have one of these birds and he lives here with a Blue female ringneck. He is SO EXCITED to see other's of his kind and color, through your film here. I would pay for a longer video of this particular bird, if you sell them

[@DiscoverPARROTS]

Thanks Amarie! I don’t sell videos, I just publish what I have on KZbin. I want to make a video with images and sounds of rose-ringed parakeets, so people can play it for their pets.

[@josvalent6949]

Nice I love parakeets

[@mediocreman6323]

It is _so_ wonderful to see footage of those rascals in the wild! I love animals, but I would not want to keep any pet. Let them live free!

[@Bella-ht5jb9he3z]

Beautiful said❤

[@vivaansingh-nw4di]

U realize that some of them are bred in captavity and prefer being in captivity if one you gets a hand of these bred in captivity u will ruin its life rather

[@vivaansingh-nw4di]

Understand it properly before saying random shit

[@valimatei4615]

Ce frumos! Bravo!

[@DiscoverPARROTS]

Mersi mult, Vali! A fost asa de frumos acolo, cam ca in Delta!

[@undulatus2]

So even Ringnecks in Africa have darker beaks compared to P. Krameri beaks amazing vid.

[@DiscoverPARROTS]

Yes. It's ironic that we call them 'Indian ringnecks', but they have been first described (scientifically) in West Africa. They also colonised the Indian Subcontinent later than Africa. Long and complicated evolutionary story. I hope I will tell it in a future video! Thanks for your feedback!

[@undulatus2]

@@DiscoverPARROTS would be nice to see that esp morphological comparison. Is there also an alexandrine counterpart?

[@DiscoverPARROTS]

@@undulatus2 Alexandrine has 5 subspecies, but none in Africa, none with dark bill.

[@undulatus2]

@@DiscoverPARROTS thanks for the info :)

[@ayyodele]

They are very common in Nigeria as well, from where i live in tge northern part, they sometimes perch on your windows and make their cry, same as the senegal parrot that have a stronger call.

[@gaindehbi]

Great content!!

[@TheWorldThroughMyEyes]

Mă bucur că ți-ai împlinit visul ăsta. :)

[@DiscoverPARROTS]

Mersi mult, Irina! A fost o vacanță de vis pentru mine. Mai vin vreo două videouri după ăsta!

[@TheWorldThroughMyEyes]

@@DiscoverPARROTS Super ! Keep them coming ! :)

[@arsalanyougvi4594]

how can we differentiat rose ringed parakeets from other green parrorts?

[@AUDI_obsession]

They explained in the video

[@PaperKut619]

Make video on black kites please

[@ioanafeneru7590]

❤️❤️❤️

[@DiscoverPARROTS]

Mersi!

[@ioanafeneru7590]

Discover PARROTS avec plaisir :))

[@adamel-yousseph960]

As the German naturalist Wilhelm Heinrich Kramer published Elenchus Vegetabilium and Animalium per Austriam inferiorem Observatorum, which detailed the wildlife of Lower Austria, and his name was used for the rose-ringed popinjay's species name, I bet these popinjays were an introduced species in that country and that the knights that fought in the Croisees introduced them to Europe. By popinjay, I mean a "parakeet" or "parrot." By Croisee, I mean a "crusade" and it came from croisee, which is Old French for a "crusade." Do you think so?

[@DiscoverPARROTS]

The species name was given in honour of Kramer, but this doesn't mean that he described the species in Austria. I don't think that parakeets were found there in the 19th century.

[@ritikaraiswal4059]

These parrots in india will sit and feed in every single house

[@DiscoverPARROTS]

Thanks for your info! I wish I could visit India to film the parakeets there!

[@ritikaraiswal4059]

Yes afcorse

[@kobaltocr6927]

😋😋😋 Vi unos mangos

[@koushikbiswas4219]

Please work on red breasted parakeet

[@العراقيالحزين-ص9ذ]

Why this types not live in middle east

[@xx360xx6]

How they will survive in desert?

[@a90q]

@@xx360xx6 WTF DESERT ?

[@tojiabraham7480]

I have seen hundreds of them in dubai(UAE), I assume it will be the same story with other middle eastern country’s as well

[@sadhnaharpal7416]

Th