42CMS.,THE MOST COMMON AND WIDESPREAD PARAKEET THROUGHOUT MOST OF THE REGION.MALE IS LARGELY SLIM GREEN BIRD DISTINGUISHED BY THE BLACK AND ROSE COLLAR,ABSENT IN FEMALE.BOTH MALE AND FEMALE ARE MUCH SMALLER AND SMALLER BILLED THAN THE SIMILARLY PLUMAGED ALEXANDRINE PARAKEET AND LACK THAT SPECIES’S OBVIOUS MAROON SHOULDER PATCH.THE TAIL ACCOUNTS FOR A LARGE PORTION OF THEIR TOTAL LENGTH.FOUND MAINLY IN LOWLANDS,VARIETY OF (MAINLY BROADLEAVED) WOODED HABITATS INCLUDING VICINITY OF MAN;CULTIVATION.