Nonnatives - Moustached Parakeet

Moustached Parakeet - Psittacula alexandri

 

Florida's Exotic Wildlife. Species detail.

First year: 1994

Extirpated year:

Established status: Species have populations whose status is unknown.

Estimated Florida range: 2 counties  Not reported breeding.

Statewide trend: Unknown status

Threats to natives: 

Species Account: Native to southern Asia.

Habitats: 

County First Year Extirpated Year Breeding status Notes
Broward 1994   Not reported breeding "from Bill Pranty unpublished 2001 list of exotic avifauna of Florida"
Orange 1994   Not reported breeding "from Bill Pranty unpublished 2001 list of exotic avifauna of Florida"

References

Pranty, B., and S. Epps. In preparation. The exotic parrot fauna of Broward County.

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