Pisttacula cyanocephala (Plum headed parakeet)
Pisttacula cyanocephala-Plum headed parakeet (click to enlarge)
| Common name | Plum –headed Parakeet |
| Scientific name | Pisttacula cyanocephala |
| Family | Psittacidae |
| Description | Distinguished from Rose –ringed Parakeet by smaller size, bluish red head and maroon shoulder-patches. In female, head greyer with a bright yellow collar round neck, and no maroon shoulder-patches. White tips to the two long central tail feathers diagnostic in flight, as also the sharp, interrogative tooi? Uttered on the wings. Flocks in wooded country, about forest cultivation.Throughout the Indian Union from about 2000 m in the Himalayas; Resident and locally migratory. |