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Psittacula longicauda

Photo by mehdhalaouate.
Photo taken: Botanical Gardens, Singapore.

[edit] Identification

42cm. General plumage green; throat, breast and abdomen greenish-yellow; lores bluish black; crown darker green; sides to head and nape rose-red; black stripe to cheeks, upper back yellowish washed bluish grey; lower back pale blue; under wing coverts yellowish; upper and under tail coverts as well as thighs pale green; middle tail feathers blue with pale tips, outer feathers green; upper mandible red, lower brownish black, iris whitish yellow; feet grey.

[edit] Distribution

Malaysia, Singapore, Borneo, Sumatra, Indonesian islands.

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Subspecies^[1]

Psittacula longicauda tytleri Andaman Islands

Psittacula longicauda nicobarica Nicobar Islands

Psittacula longicauda longicauda S Malay Pen., Borneo, Sumatra, Nias, Bangka and Anambas is.

Psittacula longicauda modesta Enggano I. (off sw Sumatra)

Psittacula longicauda defontainei Natuna Islands (off w Borneo)

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[edit] Behaviour

[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.

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