Roseringed parakeet (Psittacula krameri) is reported for the first time damaging the fruits of the tree Terminalia arjuna. They pluck the fruits from the tree and after cutting the fibrous portion eat the fleshy cotyledons of the seeds.
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Manuscript Published on 01 June 1994
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