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parakeet
parakeet or parrakeet, common name for a widespread group of small parrots , native to the Indo-Malayan region and popular as cage birds. Parakeets have long, pointed tails, unlike the chunky lovebirds with which they are sometimes confused. The budgerigar, also called the shell, zebra, or gra... Read more
psittacosis
psittacosis or parrot fever, infectious disease caused by the species of Chlamydia psittaci and transmitted to people by birds, particularly parrots, parakeets, and lovebirds. In birds the disease takes the form of an intestinal infection, but in people the illness runs the course of a virus ... Read more
chlamydia
chlamydia , genus of microorganisms that cause a variety of diseases in humans and other animals. Psittacosis, or parrot fever, caused by the species Chlamydia psittaci, is transmitted to people by birds, particularly parrots, parakeets, and lovebirds. In birds the disease takes the form of an int... Read more
Hui-tsung
Hui-tsung , 1082-1135, Chinese emperor of the Northern Sung dynasty, painter, and a great patron of art. Politically he was a rather ineffectual ruler, but he was said to have devoted all his spare time to painting and to the reorganization of the Imperial Academy of Painting. Through his encouragem... Read more
parrot
parrot common name for members of the order Psittaciformes, comprising 315 species of colorful birds, pantropical in distribution, including the parakeet . Parrots have large heads and short necks, strong feet with two toes in front and two in back (facilitating climbing and grasping), and strong,... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "Parakeet"

parakeet
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition parakeet or parrakeet, common name for a widespread...called the shell, zebra, or grass, parakeet ( Melopsittacus undulatus ), is the best...bred in white and yellow. The hanging parakeet sleeps upside down like a bat. The extinct...
Carolina parakeet
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Carolina parakeet small, long-tailed bird, Canuropsis...now believed extinct. The Carolina parakeet was the northernmost representative of...20th cent. A fruit eater, the Carolina parakeet was an agricultural pest and was therefore...
Apalai
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures ...of the modern group. The Apalai recognize the Makapai and Inumi as subgroups. The Wayana call the Apalai "Pirixiyana" (parakeet people) because of their rapid mode of speech. Having fused with the Wayana, these groups are referred to by a single term...
Parrots
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science ...No native species of the parrot family now breed in North America, although one previously abundant species, the Carolina parakeet, is recently extinct. Parrots are arboreal birds, living in and around trees. Most species breed in forests, ranging from...
parrakeet
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition parrakeet see parakeet .
budgerigar
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition budgerigar : see parakeet .
parrot
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...members of the order Psittaciformes, comprising 315 species of colorful birds, pantropical in distribution, including the parakeet . Parrots have large heads and short necks, strong feet with two toes in front and two in back (facilitating climbing and...
Hui-tsung
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...copy made by the emperor after the work by the 8th-century painter Chang Hsüan. The same museum has a small painting called The Five-Colored Parakeet, which is one of the best bird-and-flower paintings attributed to him.
Mauritius
Encyclopedia entry from: Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations ...include the pink pigeon, Round Island boa and keel-scaled boa, green sea turtle, and Mauritius varieties of kestrel, parakeet, and fody. Endangered species on Rodrigues include distinctive varieties of brush warbler, fody, flying fox, and day gecko...
Bahrain
Encyclopedia entry from: Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations ...especially varied. Larks, song thrushes, swallows, and terns are frequent visitors, and residents include the bulbul, hoopoe, parakeet, and warbler. Bahrain's principal environmental problems are scarcity of fresh water, desertification, and pollution...

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parakeet
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology parakeet XVI. Three types are repr.: (i) parroket , -quet , perroquet XVI, (ii) paraquito , -quetto XVI, (iii) par(r)akeet...
parrot
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology parrot XVI. perh. appellative use of F. † Perrot (cf. PIERROT ), dim. of Pierre Peter; cf. F. pierrot sparrow, and PARAKEET .
budgerigar
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English ...r / (also bud·gie / ˈbəjē / ) • n. a small gregarious green Australian parakeet ( Melopsittacus undulatus ) with a yellow head. Popular as a pet bird, it has been bred in a variety of colors.

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Is the monk parakeet the ecological equivalent of North America's extinct carolina parakeet?
Magazine article from: Focus; 9/22/1993; ; 700+ words ; ...could even be sought for the Carolina parakeet (Conuropsis carolinensis) that has...physiological equivalent to the Carolina parakeet? If there were a relative, one that...niche, of the original? Could the monk parakeet (Myiopsitta monachus) do the job...
Use of active Monk Parakeet nests by Common Pigeons and response by the host.(SHORT COMMUNICATIONS)(Report)
Magazine article from: The Wilson Journal of Ornithology; 12/1/2009; ; 700+ words ; ...birds has not been documented. The Monk Parakeet (Myiopsitta monachus) is a neotropical...bird species reported nesting in Monk Parakeet nest chambers include Speckled Teal...chambers because of the height of the Monk Parakeet nests. Thus, all observations were...
Tropical treat?; Reviled by some, loved by others, parakeet from South America builds nest in city
Newspaper article from: Lancaster New Era Lancaster, PA; 5/28/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...not a pigeon but rather an exotic monk parakeet that's building an elaborate stick...grid with its powerful beak. The monk parakeet -- apparently the same one -- had been...Akron birdwatcher who saw or heard the parakeet about a dozen times until the fall...
VXI Corporation Introduces the Hands-Free Mobile Headset; The New Parakeet In-The-Ear Model is the First in a Series of Mobile Headsets to be Introduced by VXI.
Business Wire; 11/6/2000; 700+ words ; ...VXI Corporation today introduced the Parakeet ITE 10 hands-free headset, the first...throughout the month of November. The new Parakeet ITE 10 is the first mobile product from...be unveiled and is now shipping. The Parakeet ITE 10 headset is a professional quality...
Dunking Parakeet Becomes Web Video Star
News Wire article from: AP Online; 1/23/2007; 700+ words ; BRADENTON, Fla. - Teaching a parakeet to putt is no tap-in. Ask David Cota...spent months training his Indian ringneck parakeet A.J. to use a tiny putter to sink...his own Web site. The 16-year-old parakeet recently won an "outrageous bird" viral...
Activists watch as UI removes 37 parakeet nests?
Newspaper article from: New Haven Register; 5/2/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...through on its effort to get rid of monk parakeet nests on its electrical equipment Thursday...monk parakeets, inside much larger monk parakeet nests. The smaller nests in several...crews brought down a much larger monk parakeet nest from a utility pole on Baldwin Avenue...
Man's plunge for parakeet nearly fatal
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times (IL); 11/1/2008; ; 559 words ; ...attempting to save the life of his pet parakeet. A little after 4:30 p.m., Prate...conversation with Brown, who had his trained parakeet on his shoulder. Brown later placed...he lit a cigarette. That's when the parakeet flew off the table and into the lake...
The parakeet that should be an ex-parrot
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 10/1/2009; ; 700+ words ; ...outskirts of London, the ring- necked parakeet yesterday joined gulls, crows and magpies...without special permission. The tropical parakeet, whose native range stretches from Africa...birds joined it on the list - the monk parakeet from South America, of which a few species...
Indian parakeet among most spotted birds in Britain
News Wire article from: The Hindustan Times; 1/25/2006; 585 words ; ...native of India is making news - the parakeet. It has just flown into the top 20 most...Prevention of Birds (RSPB) predicts the parakeet population will more than treble in the...woodpeckers and owls. The native range of the parakeet (Psittacula krameri) is a broad belt...
The parakeet cull ; Even RSPB is backing blitz on London's 30,000 green devils
Newspaper article from: Evening Standard - London; 3/21/2007; ; 547 words ; ...or a virus to control the population of the parakeet is an absolute no-no from our perspective...WHO'S A PRETTY BOY? The rose-ringed parakeet, also known as the ring-necked parakeet, has a distinct squawking call. It is one...