Plum-headed Parakeet

Latin Name: 
Psittacula cyanocephala
Category: 
Size: 
35cm
Description: 

Male: yellowish-green plumage; plum-red head; black and bluish-green collar; maroon-red wing shoulder-patch; white tips to central tail feathers distinctive.
Female: dull, greyer head; yellow collar; almost non-existent maroon shoulder-patch. Pairs or small parties; arboreal, but descends into cultivation in forest clearings and outskirts; sometimes huge gatherings in cultivation; strong, darting flight over forest.

Habitat: 
forest, orchards, cultivation in forest.
Food: 
fruits, grain, flower nectar and petals.
Distribution: 
subcontinent south of Himalayan foothills.
Call: 
Call Description: 
loud, interrogative tooi…tooi… notes in fast flight; also other chattering notes
National Status: