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The blossom-headed parakeet (''Psittacula roseata'') is a
This species is a resident breeder in Eastern
''Psittacula roseata'' is a lime-green parrot, 30 cm long with a tail up to 18 cm. The male's head is pink becoming pale blue on the back of the crown, nape and cheeks. There is a narrow black neck collar and a black chin stripe. There is a red shoulder patch and the rump and tail are bluish-green, the latter tipped yellow. The upper mandible is yellow, and the lower mandible is dark. The female has a pale grey head and lacks the black neck collar and chin stripe patch. The lower mandible is pale. Immature birds have a green head and a grey chin. Both mandibles are yellowish and there is no red shoulder patch. The different head colour and the yellow tip to the tail distinguish this species from the similar
xeno-canto
Tutto pappagalli
parrot
Parrots, also known as psittacines (), are birds of the roughly 398 species in 92 genera comprising the order Psittaciformes (), found mostly in tropical and subtropical regions. The order is subdivided into three superfamilies: the Psittacoid ...
in the family Psittaculidae
Psittaculidae is a family containing Old World parrots. It consists of five subfamilies: Agapornithinae, Loriinae, Platycercinae, Psittacellinae and Psittaculinae.
This family has been accepted into ''The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World' ...
.
Taxonomy
The species is divided into two subspecies: *''Psittacula roseata juneae'' Biswas, 1951 (S Myanmar and Thailand to Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam) *''Psittacula roseata roseata'' Biswas, 1951 (N India to Bhutan, Bangladesh and N Myanmar)Distribution and habitat
This species is a resident breeder in Eastern Bangladesh
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, Bhutan
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, Northeast India
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and Nepal
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, eastwards into South-east Asia
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(Cambodia
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, Laos
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, Myanmar
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, Thailand
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and Viet Nam
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) and also China
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. Blossom-headed parakeet inhabits lowland and foothill open forests and forest edges. ebirdDescription
''Psittacula roseata'' is a lime-green parrot, 30 cm long with a tail up to 18 cm. The male's head is pink becoming pale blue on the back of the crown, nape and cheeks. There is a narrow black neck collar and a black chin stripe. There is a red shoulder patch and the rump and tail are bluish-green, the latter tipped yellow. The upper mandible is yellow, and the lower mandible is dark. The female has a pale grey head and lacks the black neck collar and chin stripe patch. The lower mandible is pale. Immature birds have a green head and a grey chin. Both mandibles are yellowish and there is no red shoulder patch. The different head colour and the yellow tip to the tail distinguish this species from the similar plum-headed parakeet
The plum-headed parakeet (''Psittacula cyanocephala'') is a parakeet in the family Psittacidae. It is endemic to the Indian Subcontinent and was once thought to be conspecific with the blossom-headed parakeet (''Psittacula roseata'') but was late ...
(''Psittacula cyanocephala'').
Biology
Blossom-headed parakeet nests in holes in trees, laying 4-5 white eggs. It undergoes local movements, driven mainly by the availability of the fruit and blossoms which make up its diet. It is a gregarious and noisy species with range of raucous calls.Bibliography
*Grimmett, Inskipp y Inskipp, Birds of India ISBN 0-691-04910-6 *Josep del Hoyo, Andrew Elliott, Jordi Sargatal (Hrsg.): Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 4: Sandgrouse to Cuckoos. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona, 1997. ISBN 8487334229 *Joseph Michael Forshaw: Parrots of the World - An Identification Guide. Princeton University Press, Princeton 2006, ISBN 978-0-691-09251-5.External links
Tutto pappagalli
References
* ''Birds of India'' by Grimmett, Inskipp and Inskipp, {{Taxonbar, from=Q1271952blossom-headed parakeet
The blossom-headed parakeet (''Psittacula roseata'') is a parrot in the family Psittaculidae.
Taxonomy
The species is divided into two subspecies:
*''Psittacula roseata juneae'' Biswas, 1951 (S Myanmar and Thailand to Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam)
...
Parrots of Asia
Birds of Northeast India
Birds of Southeast Asia
blossom-headed parakeet
The blossom-headed parakeet (''Psittacula roseata'') is a parrot in the family Psittaculidae.
Taxonomy
The species is divided into two subspecies:
*''Psittacula roseata juneae'' Biswas, 1951 (S Myanmar and Thailand to Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam)
...
blossom-headed parakeet
The blossom-headed parakeet (''Psittacula roseata'') is a parrot in the family Psittaculidae.
Taxonomy
The species is divided into two subspecies:
*''Psittacula roseata juneae'' Biswas, 1951 (S Myanmar and Thailand to Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam)
...
Taxobox binomials not recognized by IUCN