Alexandrine parakeet (Psittacula eupatria)

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Subject:	Alexandrine parakeet (Psittacula eupatria)
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Artist Jacques Barraband (1767–1809)
Description Palaeornis eupatria
Date between 1796 and 1808
Notes This object is part of the collection Iconographia Zoologica
Source/Photographer Levaillant, Histoire naturelle des oiseaux d'Afrique, pl. 73
Old Latin name Palaeornis eupatria
New Latin name Psittacula eupatria
Common name Nederlands: Grote alexanderparkiet
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Palaeornis_eupatria_-_1796-1808_-_Print_-_Iconographia_Zoologica_-_Special_Collections_University_of_Amsterdam_-_UBA01_IZ18500039.tif

The Alexandrine parakeet or Alexandrine parrot (Psittacula eupatria) is a medium-sized parrot in the genus Psittacula of the family Psittacidae. It is named after Alexander the Great, who transported numerous birds from Punjab to various European and Mediterranean countries and regions, where they were prized by the royalty, nobility and warlords.

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