Parrots of the World (Princeton Field Guides) by Forshaw Joseph M

Parrots of the World (Princeton Field Guides) by Forshaw Joseph M

Author:Forshaw, Joseph M. [Forshaw, Joseph M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781400836208
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2010-09-27T06:00:00+00:00


MALABAR PARAKEET

Psittacula columboides 38cm

Smaller Psittacula parrot with distinctive gray-and-green plumage coloration, with narrow black collar encircling hindneck; greenish-blue band below black collar, and red bill; without greenish-blue band, and with all-black bill; JUV mainly green with narrow black collar and pale orange bill; discordant screek, sharp cheet…cheet. DISTRIBUTION Western Ghats, peninsular India, from about lat. 19°N south to southern Kerala at about lat. 8°30’N; mostly 450 to 1000m, occasionally 1600m; locally common. SIMILAR SPECIES Plum-headed Parrot P. cyanocephala (gray-headed , plate 72) brighter yellowish green; longer central tail-feathers; no black collar on hindneck; palest yellow upper mandible; different calls. LOCALITIES Wynaad Wildlife Sanctuary, Kerala, Anamalai Wildlife Sanctuary, Tamil Nadu, and Blackwoods Camp at Molem Wildlife Sanctuary (Bhagwan Mahavir National Park), Goa, southern India.



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