Hammad Ahmad Khan
Department of Zoology and Fisheries, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan
ABSTRACT
Studies on the day long movement patterns of the rose-ringed parakeet (Psittacula krameri) extended in five months viz. January, March, April, June and October in a communal roost showed total number of parakeets recorded to be 821 ( ± SE 13.3), 1111 ( ± SE 18.8), 1199 ( ± SE 8.35), 1066 ( ± SE 8.99), 848 ( ± 9.72), 752 ( ± SE 10.1), 508 ( ± SE 14.2), 631 ( ± 9.95), 567 ( ± SE 18.0) and 483 ( ± SE 15.5), respectively. It was concluded that the number of parakeets varied in all five months and a roost located close to the food crops, provided the parakeets with an almost effortless access to fetch the food and thus, obliterate the food items to cause economic losses.
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Hammad Ahmad Khan, 2002. Diurnal Rhythms of the Rose-Ringed Parakeet (Psittacula krameri) in Daylight Hours in its Communal Roost. Journal of Biological Sciences, 2: 551-553.
DOI: 10.3923/jbs.2002.551.553
URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=jbs.2002.551.553
DOI: 10.3923/jbs.2002.551.553
URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=jbs.2002.551.553