Blossom-headed Parakeet - BirdForum Opus

Male right, female left
Photo by Peter Ericsson
Nam Nao, Thailand, February 2006

Psittacula roseata

Identification

30 cm; tail up to 18 cm
Male

• Pink head
• Back of crown nape and cheeks pale blue
• Narrow black neck collar
• Black chin stripe
• Red shoulder patch
• Blue-green rump and tail
• Tail tipped yellow
• Beak
  • Yellow upper mandible
  • Dark lower mandible
    

Female

• Pale grey head
• Pale lower mandible
  

Immature

• Green head
• Grey chin
• Yellow mandibles
• Lacks red shoulder patch.

Distribution

Asia: found in China, Nepal, India, Eastern and Western Himalayas, Bangladesh, Bhutan
Southeast Asia: Indochina, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand

Taxonomy

There are 2 subspecies:

• P. r. roseata:

• Northern India (west Bengal) to Bhutan, Bangladesh and northern Myanmar

• P. r. juneae:

• Southern Myanmar and Thailand to Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam

Habitat

Forest and open woodland.

Behaviour

Diet

The diet includes fruits and blossoms.

Breeding

It nests in holes in trees; 4-5 white eggs are laid.

References

1. Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
2. Avibase
3. Wikipedia

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2021) Blossom-headed Parakeet. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 29 April 2021 from https://www.birdforum.net/wiki/Blossom-headed_Parakeet

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