PLUM-HEADED PARAKEET

PLUM-HEADED PARAKEET IS A MAINLY GREEN PARROT 33 CMS. LONG WITH A TAIL UPTO 22 CMS.THE MALE HAS A RED HEAD WHICH SHADES TO PURPLE-BLUE ON THE BACK OF THE CROWN,NAPE AND CHEEKS, WHILE THE FEMALE HAS BLUISH-GREY HEAD.THERE IS A NARROW BLACK NECK COLLAR WITH VERDIGRIS BELOW ON THE NAPE AND A BLACK CHIN STRIPE THAT EXTENDS FROM THE LOWER MANDIBLE.THERE IS A RED SHOULDER PATCH AND THE RUMP AND TAIL ARE BLUISH-GREEN ,THE LATTER TIPPED WHITE.IT IS A BIRD OF FOREST AND OPEN WOODLAND.THEY FEED ON GRAINS AND FRUITS ,THE FLESHY PETALS OF FLOWERS AND SOMETIMES RAID AGRICULTURAL FIELDS AND ORCHARDS.

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