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| | [[Image:Layard s Parakeet 4.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Steve+G|Steve G}}<br />near Sinharaja, [[Sri Lanka]], July 28, 2009]] | | [[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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| | [[Sri Lanka]]. | | [[Sri Lanka]]. |
| | ==Taxonomy== | | ==Taxonomy== |
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| | Forests. | | Forests. |
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| | Diet includes fruit, seeds, buds and blossoms. | | Diet includes fruit, seeds, buds and blossoms. |
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| - | | + | # Clements, James F. 2007. ''The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World''. 6th ed., with updates to October 2007. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. ISBN 9780801445019 |
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| | ==External Links== | | ==External Links== |
| | {{GSearch|Psittacula+calthropae}} | | {{GSearch|Psittacula+calthropae}} |
| | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Psittacula]] | | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Psittacula]] |
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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
This is a monotypic species.
Habitat
Forests.
Behaviour
It nests in holes in large trees, laying 3-4 white eggs.
Diet includes fruit, seeds, buds and blossoms.
References
- Clements, James F. 2007. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to October 2007. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. ISBN 9780801445019
External Links
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