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Alexandrine parakeet - Psittacula Eupatria : Named  after emperor Alexander The Great born 356 B.C, who is said to have had numerous Alexandrine parrots exported to Europe and the Mediterranean where it was popular with nobility and the upper class...

Alexander parakeet photo courtesy David Wilkins England, who traveled with Muddy Boots HF in Rajasthan Feb 2019...

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