Alternative names: Blyth's Parakeet; Blyth's Nicobar Parakeet
- Psittacula caniceps
Identification
56-61 cm.
- Bill black below, red above
- Pale grey head with black frontal band extending to eye and broad black band from lower mandible to chin and sides of neck (sometimes extending faintly as brown collar around hindneck)
- Grass green rest of plumage
- Tail tinged yellowish-grey and tipped yellowish
Females have a strongly blue tinted head and their upper mandible is black.
Immatures are undescribed.
Distribution
Nicobar Islands (Great and Little Nicobar, Montschall and Kondul) of the Indian Ocean.
Common in its small range. Classified as Near Threatened by the IUCN.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species.
Habitat
Tall forests.
Behaviour
Little known.
Often seen feeding on ripe fruits of Pandanus.
No information about breeding.
A sedentary species.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2013. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.8., with updates to August 2013. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Del Hoyo, J, A Elliot, and J Sargatal, eds. 1997. Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 4: Sandgrouse to Cuckoos. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-8487334221
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Nicobar Parakeet. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 2 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Nicobar_Parakeet
External Links
GSearch checked for 2020 platform.
