Blue Parakeet - SW London (1 Viewer)

[dylan71]

I am hoping for some help in identifying a blue parakeet i saw at Bedfont Lakes in Feltham, SW London last week.

It was a powder blue parakeet....sitting next to a ring necked parakeet. It had the same colour beak as a RN i.e. ruby red.... its legs were pale pink.. and it was the same shape and size as a RN. Its not the best description in the world I know.

I didn't manage to get a picture but does anyone know what it could have been?

thanks
Luke

 

[Larry Sweetland]

I am hoping for some help in identifying a blue parakeet i saw at Bedfont Lakes in Feltham, SW London last week.

It was a powder blue parakeet....sitting next to a ring necked parakeet. It had the same colour beak as a RN i.e. ruby red.... its legs were pale pink.. and it was the same shape and size as a RN. Its not the best description in the world I know.

I didn't manage to get a picture but does anyone know what it could have been?

thanks
Luke

If it was exactly the same size and shape as a Ring-necked Parakeet then maybe it might have been one. Blue pigments occur in captive-bred Parakeets. There are a couple of Parakeets in the same genus that are naturally predominantly Blue-greyish and very similar in size and shape to Ring-necked (Malabar and Layard's) but they're nowhere near powder blue.

 

[MarkHows]

If it was exactly the same size and shape as a Ring-necked Parakeet then maybe it might have been one. Blue pigments occur in captive-bred Parakeets. There are a couple of Parakeets in the same genus that are naturally predominantly Blue-greyish and very similar in size and shape to Ring-necked (Malabar and Layard's) but they're nowhere near powder blue.

There has been a Blue-fronted Amazon Parrot, in the roost at Esher Rugby club, it may be this bird you have seen.

Mark

 

[Nick Elliston]

Unlikely to be an Amazon as they are predominantly green and different shape. I would say almost certainly a blue phase Ringneck. There are a lot in captivity and it is very likely to be an escapee.

 

[dylan71]

thanks for the ID everyone.... im sure it must have been a blue phase as well.

 

[Isurus]

thanks for the ID everyone.... im sure it must have been a blue phase as well.

some blue phase images courtesy of google:
http://images.google.co.uk/images?hl=en&q=blue ring necked parakeet&sa=N&tab=wi

 

[w3parakeet]

Being new to the forum I thought search around on the subject of wild UK ring necked parakeets simply because they have visited my small garden in Ealing, London everyday for over 3 years, thus my moniker of w3parakeet!. But about 2 months ago I also saw a powder blue parakeet along with the regulars. It could have been the same one as mentioned by Dylan71, who knows.