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Emerald-collared Parakeet
Also Known As: Layard's Parakeet, Calthorp's Parakeet
Emerald-collared Parakeets (Psittacula calthropae)
Credit: © Zahir T. Rana | http://www.psittaculaworld.com
Species Profile
Genus:Psittacula
Species:
calthorpae
| Size: | Adult Weight: |
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| 29cm (11.3 in) | 100g (3.5 oz) |
Races including nominate:
one
Colourization Adult: Male-blue/grey head; black chin and stripe across lower cheeks; fine black line to sides of neck; broad emerald/green collar around hindneck; blue/grey upperparts; rump strongly washed with mauve/grey; yellow/green median wing coverts, forming visible patch on folded wing; deep blue tail tipped with pale yellow. Upper mandible red tipped with yellow, lower mandible brown. Eye pale yellow. Female-as in male but with minimal green on face. Black bill.
Colourization Juvenile: Grey of head replaced by green; green stripe on neck faint; green rump suffused purple/blue. Bill orange. Eye grey.
Call: Calls are described as distinctive; in flight a harsh, chattering series of notes; flock in flight calls noisily.
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Content Sources:
Lexicon of Parrots http://www.arndt-verlag.com/projekt/birds_3.cgi?Desc=E198.htm&Pic=198_1.JPG
CITES http://www.cites.org/eng/resources/species.html
BirdLife International http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=1538&m=0
Internet Bird Collection http://ibc.lynxeds.com/
xeno-canto Asia http://www.xeno-canto.org/index.php
Parrots: A Guide to Parrots of the World, Juniper and Parr, 1998.
Parrots of the World, Forshaw and Cooper, 1977.
Parrots of the World, Forshaw, 2006.
Parrots in Aviculture, Low, 1992.
Parrots: Their Care and Breeding, Low, 1986.
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