Psittacula alexandri fasciata

Basic information
Scientific name	Psittacula alexandri fasciata	Click to magnify
Common names	Red-breasted parakeet, Indian moustached parakeet, Moustached parakeet
Higher taxon	Psittacidae, Psittaciformes, Aves
Natural range	S continental China, Thailand, Myanmar, Nepal, N India.
Habitat	Urban area with many trees.

Invasion information
Range in Japan	Reproduction in Tokyo and occurrence in Kanagawa Prefs. are recorded.
Origin	Unknown.
Date	Appeared in 1961 to 1981 around Tokyo.
Route	Deliberate: Escape or release of pet animal.
Impact	Potentially: Competition with native birds and potential host of psittacosis. Native organism(s) affected: Native birds (competition), mammals and birds (psittacosis)
Regulation in Japan	No action for prevention, mitigation, control, or eradication.
Introduced range in other countries	No

Reference

Notes

Eguchi & Amano (2004) Spread of exotic birds in Japan. Ornithol Sci. 3, 3-12.
Eguchi & Fujimaki (eds) (2000) Check-List of Japanese Birds Sixth Revised Edition. The Ornithological Society of Japan, Tokyo (in Jpn)
Fukushi (2005) Advances on psittacosis. Modern Media. 51(7), 149-159 (in Jpn)
Juniper & Parr (1998) Parrots. Pica Press, East Sussex.
Kawakami & Kanouchi (2012) The Handbook of Introduced Birds in Japan. Bun-ichi Sogo Shuppan, Tokyo (in Jpn)
Kuroda (1968) Psittacidae of the World. Ornithol Soc Jpn, Tokyo (in Jpn)
Lepage (ed) (2003-2012) Avibase the world bird database (Accessed on 2012-6-07) http://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/
etc.