It may be hard to hate the cute, colorful rose ring parakeet — unless you’re a farmer whose crops are being devoured by their swarms. “On Kauai, they go after fruit crops, mangos ...

Mature male parakeets have a black or rose-colored ring around their cheeks. — BISHOP MUSEUM photo In July 2020, a Kihei resident reported a strange-looking bird near their condo to the ...

Commonly known as the ring-necked or rose-ringed parakeet in reference to the band around the male birds' necks, Psittacula krameri is native to Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. To pinpoint the ancestral ...