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==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
42cm. 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. | 42cm. 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. | ||
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==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
[[Malaysia]], [[Singapore]], [[Borneo]], [[Sumatra]], [[Indonesia]]n islands. | [[Malaysia]], [[Singapore]], [[Borneo]], [[Sumatra]], [[Indonesia]]n islands. | ||
| + | [[Image:2323IMG 8644-copy filtered.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Female - Photo by CSKhaw.<br/>Photo taken: Perak, Malaysia.]] | ||
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
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- Psittacula longicauda
Identification
42cm. 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[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, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
