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Psittacula eupatria

Photo by Albzm7
Photographed: Abu Dhabi city, Abu Dhabi, UAE

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 and pink nape band and are duller.

Distribution

India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka to Southeast Asia.

Taxonomy

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

P. e. eupatria (nominate Alexandrine Parakeet),

P. e. avensis (Burmese Alexandrine Parakeet),

P. e. magnirostris (Andaman Islands Alexandrine Parakeet),

P. e. nipalensis (Nepalese Parakeet)

P. e. siamensis (Laos or Siamese Alexandrine Parakeet)

Habitat

Forest, open woodland and cultivation.

Behaviour

The diet includes fruit, seeds and blossoms.

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

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