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| - | [[Image:Layard's_Parakeet.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Tanager<br>Location: Hunas Falls, Sri Lanka ]] | + | [[Image:Layard s Parakeet 4.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Steve+G|Steve G}}<br />near Sinharaja, [[Sri Lanka]], July 28, 2009]] |
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| | ==Identification== | | ==Identification== |
| | 29 cm. Green, blue-grey head and back, green collar, black chin stripe, blue tail tipped yellow, red upper mandible, brown lower. Female similar with black upper mandible. Juveniles mainly green with dark red bill. | | 29 cm. Green, blue-grey head and back, green collar, black chin stripe, blue tail tipped yellow, red upper mandible, brown lower. Female similar with black upper mandible. Juveniles mainly green with dark red bill. |
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- Psittacula calthropae
Identification
29 cm. Green, blue-grey head and back, green collar, black chin stripe, blue tail tipped yellow, red upper mandible, brown lower. Female similar with black upper mandible. Juveniles mainly green with dark red bill.
Distribution
Sri Lanka.
Taxonomy
Habitat
Forests.
Behaviour
It nests in holes in large trees, laying 3-4 white eggs.
Diet includes fruit, seeds, buds and blossoms.
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