Grey-headed Parakeet
Psittacula finschii(Hume, AO, 1874)
English (US) Gray-headed Parakeet
UK name: Grey-headed Parakeet
The Grey-headed Parakeet (Psittacula finschii) 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: northern India (West Bengal) to southern China, Myanmar, and IndochinaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Psittacula finschii
- Order
- Psittaciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- English (US)
- Gray-headed Parakeet
- English (UK)
- Grey-headed Parakeet
- Described by
- (Hume, AO, 1874)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Palaeornis Finschii
- Described by
- (Hume, AO, 1874)
- Type locality
- KolUdoo, 3500-5000 feet, upper Salween River, Burma.
- Original description
- Stray Feathers 2 p.509
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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