Plum-headed Parakeet (Psittacula cyanocephala)

Family
Psittacidae (Parrots)

Size
35 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Linnaeus, 1766)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland and montane moist forest. From sea-level - 1,300 m.

Range (Guide)

Bangladesh (B), India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka.

Indian Subcontinent and Sri Lanka.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (61)...)

Plum-headed Parakeet (Psittacula cyanocephala) [XC24113]
by Mike Nelson from Melghat Tiger Reserve, Maharashtra, India (call)

Plum-headed Parakeet (Psittacula cyanocephala) [XC44890]
by Sander Bot from Top Slip, Indira Gandhi National Park, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India (call)

Subspecies
Birds decrease clinally in size from north to south, and head and rump become darker, but limits to proposed northern subspecies bengalensis too indistinct to make the name useful.

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

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