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[[Image:Plum-headed_Parakeet.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by sumit]] | [[Image:Plum-headed_Parakeet.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by sumit]] | ||
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
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| + | 33 cm long with a tail up to 22cm. The male's head is red, and purple-blue on the back of the crown, nape and cheeks. It has a black chin stripe and narrow black neck collar. It has a red shoulder patch; the tail and rump are blue green, and the tail is tipped with white. The upper mandible is orange-yellow while the lower mandible is dark. The female's head is grey, yellow upper mandible. She does not have the neck collar, chin stripe or shoulder patch. Juveniles have a green head and both mandibles are yellow. | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
| − | + | [[India]], [[Sri Lanka]] and [[Bangladesh]]. | |
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
| − | + | Forest and open woodland. | |
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
| − | It nests in holes in trees, laying 4-6 white eggs. | + | It makes its nests in holes in trees, laying 4-6 white eggs. |
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==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
*[http://www.birdforum.net/pp_gallery/showgallery.php?mcats=all&what=allfields&si=psittacula+cyanocephala+ View more images of Plum-headed Parakeet in the gallery] | *[http://www.birdforum.net/pp_gallery/showgallery.php?mcats=all&what=allfields&si=psittacula+cyanocephala+ View more images of Plum-headed Parakeet in the gallery] | ||
[[Category:Birds]] | [[Category:Birds]] | ||
Revision as of 16:46, 25 September 2007
- Psittacula cyanocephala
Identification
33 cm long with a tail up to 22cm. The male's head is red, and purple-blue on the back of the crown, nape and cheeks. It has a black chin stripe and narrow black neck collar. It has a red shoulder patch; the tail and rump are blue green, and the tail is tipped with white. The upper mandible is orange-yellow while the lower mandible is dark. The female's head is grey, yellow upper mandible. She does not have the neck collar, chin stripe or shoulder patch. Juveniles have a green head and both mandibles are yellow.
Distribution
India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.
Taxonomy
Habitat
Forest and open woodland.
Behaviour
It makes its nests in holes in trees, laying 4-6 white eggs.
