Parrots (Psittacidae)
Plum-headed Parakeet (Psittacula cyanocephala) - HBW 4, p. 400
French: Perruche à tête prune
German: Pflaumenkopfsittich
Spanish: Cotorra Ciruela
Taxonomy: Psittacus cyanocephalus Linnaeus, 1766, East Indies = Gingi.
Birds descrease clinally in size from N to S, and head and rump become darker, but limits to proposed N subspecies bengalensis too indistinct to make the name useful. Monotypic.
Distribution: Indian Subcontinent and Sri Lanka.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A male feeding on leafbuds, while congeners are calling nearby. Locality Jim Corbett National Park, Uttarakhand, India (Monotypic species)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 1 February 2008 4 years ago 28 sec 4.5 -
A female, and then a male, feeding on fruits Locality Mudumalai National Park, India (Monotypic species)
Stefan Behrens 2001 6 years ago 59 sec 4.4 -
A female foraging on leafbuds, using her feet and beak. Locality Jim Corbett National Park, Uttarakhand, India (Monotypic species)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 1 February 2008 4 years ago 48 sec 4.2 -
Several females and a male feeding on leafbuds in a tree. Locality Jim Corbett National Park, Uttarakhand, India (Monotypic species)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 1 February 2008 4 years ago 26 sec 3.8 -
A bird eating a leafbud in a tree. Locality Jim Corbett National Park, Uttarakhand, India (Monotypic species)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 1 February 2008 4 years ago 35 sec 3.7 -
A male feeding a female, viewed from below Locality Bandhavgarh National Park, Madhya Pradesh, India (Monotypic species)
Greg Baker 18 March 2011 1 year ago 17 sec 3.5
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A male bird
Locality Masinagudi, The Nilgiris District, Tamil Nadu, India (Monotypic species)
vasanthan.p.j 28 January 2012 1 year ago 4.4 -
Plum-headed Parakeet Female
Locality Savandurga, Bangalore Rural, Karnataka, India (Monotypic species)
Jayaram Jahgirdar 1 year ago 4 -
A bird feeding on flowers
Locality Masinagudi, The Nilgiris District, Tamil Nadu, India (Monotypic species)
vasanthan.p.j 30 December 2009 3 years ago 4 -
A male feeding on bamboo grain
Locality Masinagudi, The Nilgiris District, Tamil Nadu, India
vasanthan.p.j 1 February 2011 2 years ago 3.9 -
A mating pair
Locality Masinagudi, The Nilgiris District, Tamil Nadu, India (Monotypic species)
vasanthan.p.j 4 January 2012 1 year ago 3.9 -
female and male in tree
Locality Thol Bird Sanctuary, Mehsana District, Gujarat, India
Jeel Bharat Patel 21 December 2012 18 weeks ago 3.8
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Typical single calls and conversational chatter Locality Jim Corbett National Park, Uttarakhand, India
RAM GOPAL SONI 1 November 1996 3 years ago 4 -
Calls by male Locality Jaipur District, Rajasthan, India
RAM GOPAL SONI 1 March 2005 3 years ago 4
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