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Abu Dhabi city, Abu Dhabi, UAE, October 2005

Psittacula eupatria

[edit] Identification

56-62 cm
Male

• Green head
• Grey-blue cheeks and nape
• Broad black neck ring
• Broad pink nape band
• Brownish-red shoulder patch
• Yellow-tipped bluish-green tail
• Yellow-tipped red bill
  

Females and immatures lack the black neck ring, pink nape band and are duller.

[edit] Distribution

Asia
Afghanistan, China, Tibet, Nepal, Pakistan, India, Andaman Islands, Eastern and Western Himalayas, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Bhutan
Southeast Asia: Indochina, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand

[edit] Taxonomy

There are five sub-species, differing in mostly minor plumage details and size:

[edit] Subspecies^[1]

• P. e. nipalensis:

• Eastern Afghanistan to Pakistan, northern India and Bangladesh

• P. e. eupatria:

• Southern India and Sri Lanka

• P. e. magnirostris:

• Andaman Islands

• P. e. avensis:

• Northern Myanmar and adjacent north-eastern India

• P. e. siamensis:

• Thailand to Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam

[edit] Habitat

Forests, parks and gardens in urban areas

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] Diet

The diet includes fruit, seeds and blossoms.

[edit] Breeding

It nests in holes in large trees; 2–4 white eggs are laid.

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist.
2. Avibase

AvianWeb

• List of references

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