Alternative name: Derbyan Parakeet
- Psittacula derbiana
Identification
50cm.
- Green plumage
- Black lower cheeks
- Purple blue crown
- Black lores
- Grey blue-lavender throat, breast, abdomen and under-wing coverts
- Yellow green thighs and vent with blue edged feathers
- Green tail feathers, edged blue
- Pale yellow iris
- Male - red upper mandible, yellow tipped; black lower mandible
- Female all-black bill
Juvenile
- Green crown
- Orange red bill
- Dark iris until they are 2-3 years old
Distribution
Taxonomy
Monotypic.
Habitat
Mountain forests of pine and oak.
Behaviour
The diet includes fruits, berries, seeds, and leaf buds.
They nest in tree holes and 2-4 eggs are laid and incubated for 23 days. The young fledge 8-9 weeks later.
References
Wikipedia; Animal World
