Viv Wilson sent me an e-mail this week showing Rose-ringed
Parakeets Psittacula krameri he saw
in Tabuk. The species is a locally common resident in larger cities in Saudi Arabia.
This species is relatively common in Riyadh but outside the capital it is less
frequent and rather scarce in the southwest. They are also a common resident to
towns and villages of the Gulf, including my local patch of Dhahran and in
Jeddah. They are probably an introduced species that have become a self-sustaining
resident breeder.
