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| + | [[Image:Long-tailed parakeet.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Male<br />Photo by {{user|SeeToh|SeeToh}}<br/>Singapore Botanic Gardens, [[Singapore]], September 2012]] | ||
| + | ;[[:Category:Psittacula|Psittacula]] longicauda | ||
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==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| − | + | [[Image:2323IMG 8644-copy filtered.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Female<br />Photo by {{user|CSKhaw|CSKhaw}}<br/>Perak, [[Malaysia]], January 200]] | |
| + | 40–48 cm (15¾-19 in)<br /> | ||
| + | Male has mostly green overall plumage with long purplish-blue tail-streamers, bright red bill, reddish-pink head-sides and nape, deep green crown and broad black [[Topography#Heads|malar]] band.<br /> | ||
| + | Female resembles male but has shorter tail-streamers, brownish bill, greenish nape, dark green malar band and reddish-pink [[Topography#Heads|supercilium]].<br /> | ||
| + | Juvenile resembles female but has less red on head, indistinct malar band and no tail-streamers. | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
[[Malaysia]], [[Singapore]], [[Borneo]], [[Sumatra]], [[Indonesia]]n islands. | [[Malaysia]], [[Singapore]], [[Borneo]], [[Sumatra]], [[Indonesia]]n islands. | ||
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==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
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| + | There are 5 subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>: | ||
* ''P. l. tytleri'' [[Andaman Islands]] | * ''P. l. tytleri'' [[Andaman Islands]] | ||
* ''P. l. nicobarica'' [[Nicobar Islands]] | * ''P. l. nicobarica'' [[Nicobar Islands]] | ||
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==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Psittacula+longicauda}} | {{GSearch|Psittacula+longicauda}} | ||
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Psittacula]] | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Psittacula]] | ||
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- Psittacula longicauda
Identification
40–48 cm (15¾-19 in)
Male has mostly green overall plumage with long purplish-blue tail-streamers, bright red bill, reddish-pink head-sides and nape, deep green crown and broad black malar band.
Female resembles male but has shorter tail-streamers, brownish bill, greenish nape, dark green malar band and reddish-pink supercilium.
Juvenile resembles female but has less red on head, indistinct malar band and no tail-streamers.
Distribution
Malaysia, Singapore, Borneo, Sumatra, Indonesian islands.
Taxonomy
Subspecies
There are 5 subspecies[1]:
- P. l. tytleri Andaman Islands
- P. l. nicobarica Nicobar Islands
- P. l. longicauda S Malay Pen., Borneo, Sumatra, Nias, Bangka and Anambas is.
- P. l. modesta Enggano I. (off sw Sumatra)
- P. l. defontainei Natuna Islands (off w Borneo)
Habitat
Behaviour
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2016. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2016, with updates to August 2016. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
