The necklace parrot is a wonderful parrot that is suitable even for beginners. It does not require special treatment or non-standard care. This is a beautiful, quick-witted and interesting bird that will bring a lot of joy to its owner.
Kramer's necklace parrot (Psittacula krameri) or Indian ringed parrot is first found in the works of the Italian-Austrian naturalist Giovanni Scopoli, who wanted to preserve the memory of the zoologist Wilhelm Kramer in history and chose such a specific name in honor of him.
The necklace parrot is a medium-sized bird. The length of the body together with the tail is 40-42 cm, while half of the length is the tail. The two longest tail feathers have a pronounced blue color. The body of Kramer's parrot is slender, lean, its weight is 115-140 grams. The length of the wing is about 16 cm. The paws are grayish-pink, on which four fingers are located: the first and fourth are directed forward, the second and third are backward.
The plumage of the necklace parrot is mostly green or green-yellow (although today breeders have bred many unusual colors for this species: white, blue, yellow, and even variegated). The beak of the birds is bright red with a dark, almost black, mandible.
The head on the back of the head has a slight bluish tint, there are black feathers on the throat, and a thin, but very pronounced stripe runs from the beak to the eye. Another similar strip is on the parrot's neck. It is thanks to her, like a necklace, that the parrot got its name.
We can say about the necklace parrot that he is lucky: nothing threatens his population, on the contrary, these flocks of his relatives sometimes become a real disaster for farmers.
The natural habitat for the necklace parrot is, of course, the forest. Trees serve them as a place of day and night rest, as well as a home where they breed their offspring. The forest can be anything from wet, dry, thorn bushes, or even large open landscapes. The main and defining condition is the presence of trees. It is on them that they spend almost all the time.
Cramer's parrot has been tamed by man since ancient times. Some documents testify to their involvement in the life of the nobles of ancient Greece and Rome. It has been known in India for about three thousand years. Therefore, it is rightfully considered one of the most common parrots.
The nature of the Indian ringed parrot, at home, is distinguished by cheerfulness and good nature. He perfectly adapts and gets along in the "human flock".
They can rightfully be considered erudite and intelligent birds, which successfully prove this with their behavior and learning abilities. The sharp call of necklace parrots is successfully "besieged" by the owners, and subsequently, it is not a problem.
The necklace parrot has remarkable abilities in "colloquial speech" and in the imitation of various sounds. For the most part, he can remember about 60 words, but there are individuals who owned 200-250 words. Depending on the teacher (an attentive and loving owner) and the student (got to a person from infancy), the speech of a parrot can be clear and clear, or vice versa.
For the correct and full maintenance of a parrot at home, a rather large cage is needed, and even better, an aviary about 1m x 2m in size. Space is very important to them, the ability to spread their wings and fly.
At the same time, in the room where your feathered friend will live, you must definitely place a game stand with various game items, these can be: swings, chains, bells, climbing frames, ladders, etc. The parrot actively uses all this when he is left alone at home. With proper care and proper nutrition in captivity, the Kramer parrot lives on average about 10 to 20 years. Although there were cases when they lived up to 40 years.
The Indian ringed parrot needs a balanced diet and a moderate dosage so that digestion and metabolism work like clockwork.
The basis of the nutrition of necklace parrots is a grain mixture. To prepare a proper and healthy grain mixture, take 10 parts of canary seed, 40 parts of millet, 10 parts of sunflower, 20 parts of oats (can be replaced with oatmeal) and 15 parts of wheat. A healthy parrot needs about 35 grams of the mixture per day, which is about 2 tablespoons.
Of course, we should not forget about mineral supplements. With pleasure, necklace parrots eat fruits, vegetables, berries, greens. You can include boiled porridge in the diet. Give nuts in a split form to a limited extent, since there are a lot of fats.
