Color Mutations in Rose-Ringed Parakeets, Psittacula krameri (Scopoli, 1769) (Aves: Psittaciformes)

Department of Biology, Cantonment Public College, Saidpur Cantonment―5311, Nilphamari, Bangladesh

*Corresponding author: Ashraful Kabir, Department of Biology, Cantonment Public School and College, Saidpur Cantonment—5311, Nilphamari, Bangladesh, Phone: +88-01712563750; E-mail: [email protected]

Received Date: March 27, 2025

Published Date: April 11, 2025

Citation: Kabir A. (2025). Color Mutations in Rose-Ringed Parakeets, Psittacula krameri (Scopoli, 1769) (Aves: Psittaciformes). Mathews J Vet Sci. 9(4):75.

Copyrights: Kabir A. © (2025).

ABSTRACT

Everybody likes colorful birds. In this sense, colorful parakeets are a major group of birds in Bangladesh. A pet shop and an aviary of Saidpur Upazila of Bangladesh played a significant role to complete this paper. The owner of that shop was very cordial to deliver information on this issue. Green rose-ringed parakeet (Psittacula krameri) is the wild bird of Bangladesh, and for wildlife law, this is not permitted to capture or cage them, so people are now conscious enough about this wild bird. Due to availability of other color mutants of rose-ringed parakeets (blue, purple, lutino, white) people collect these. Since their market price is bit higher but if breeders could produce quality bird, they can enhance the cage-bird breeding sector.

Keywords: Rose-Ringed Parakeet, Mutation, Pigments, Color, Pet Shop, Bangladesh.