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Photo by juninho Kaziranga National Park, Assam, India, March 2004
Photo by juninho
Kaziranga National Park, Assam, India, March 2004
Psittacula alexandri

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[edit] Identification

[edit] Distribution

From Nepal and India eastwards to Myanmar, Thailand, Indochina, Hainan and south to Sumatra, Borneo, Java and Bali.

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Subspecies

There are 7 subspecies[1]

  • P. a. fasciata:
  • P. a. abbotti:
  • P. a. cala:
  • Simeulue Island (off western Sumatra)
  • P. a. major:
  • Lasia Island and Babi Island (off Sumatra)
  • P. a. alexandri:
  • P. a. kangeanensis:
  • Kangean Islands (Java Sea)
  • P. a. dammermani:
  • Karimunjawa Islands (Java Sea)

[edit] Habitat

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] References

  1. Clements, JF. 2011. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to August 2011. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist

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