Blossom-headed Parakeet

Psittacula roseata

The blossom-headed parakeet (Psittacula roseata) is a parrot in the family Psittaculidae. Psittacula roseata is a lime-green parrot, 30 cm long with a tail up to 18 cm. The male's head is pink becoming pale blue on the back of the crown, nape and cheeks. There is a narrow black neck collar and a black chin stripe. There is a red shoulder patch and the rump and tail are bluish-green, the latter tipped yellow. The upper mandible is yellow, and the lower mandible is dark. The female has a pale grey head and lacks the black neck collar and chin stripe patch. The lower mandible is pale. Immature birds have a green head and a grey chin. Both mandibles are yellowish and there is no red shoulder patch. The different head colour and the yellow tip to the tail distinguish this species from the similar plum-headed parakeet (Psittacula cyanocephala).
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Lucas Corneliussen
Tuesday 10 Jan 2023 - 6:36am
Thailand
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René W
Tuesday 25 Oct 2022 - 7:30am
Nepal
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Brandon PB
Friday 27 Jan 2017 - 12:00am
Thailand
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Jamie BT
Friday 27 Jan 2017 - 12:00am
Thailand
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