Plum-headed Parakeet
Psittacula cyanocephala(Linnaeus, C, 1766)
English (US) Plum-headed Parakeet
The Plum-headed Parakeet (Psittacula cyanocephala) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Psittaculidae (Old World Parrots) in the order Psittaciformes.
Range: Indian subcontinent and Sri LankaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Psittacula cyanocephala
- Order
- Psittaciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Plum-headed Parakeet
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1766)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Psittacus cyanocephalus
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1766)
- Type locality
- East Indies = Gingi.
- Original description
- Systema Naturæ. Editio duodecima reformata. Tomus I [part 1] p.141
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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