Long-tailed parakeet
| Long-tailed parakeet | |
|---|---|
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| Feeding in Queenstown, Singapore (the male is in the foreground) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Psittaciformes |
| Superfamily: | Psittacoidea |
| Family: | Psittaculidae |
| Subfamily: | Psittaculinae |
| Tribe: | Psittaculini |
| Genus: | Psittacula |
| Species: | P. longicauda |
| Binomial name | |
| Psittacula longicauda (Boddaert, 1783) | |
The long-tailed parakeet (Psittacula longicauda) is a parakeet endemic to the regions of Andaman islands, Nicobar islands, Sumatra, Borneo and Peninsular Malaysia (including Singapore). It is allopatric with the congener, the Red-breasted parakeet, Psittacula alexandri, except in the Andaman islands where they occur together.
Description
It is mainly green with a long blue tail. The male has a black cap and red face. The female lacks the black cap and has less red.
Subspecies
It has 5 subspecies which may represent different species.
- P.l.tytleri-Andaman long-tailed parakeet. Andaman and Coco islands.
- P.l.nicobarica-Nicobar long-tailed parakeet. Nicobar islands
- P.l.longicauda-Common long-tailed parakeet. Malaysia,Singapore,Sumatra,Nias,Bangka and Borneo
- P.l.defontainei-Natuna,Karimata,Riau archipelago and Belitung.
- P.l.modesta-Enggano long-tailed parakeet. Enggano.
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Gallery
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Squabbing over food (male on right)
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Psittacula longicauda". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
External links
- Oriental Bird Images: Long-tailed Parakeet Selected photos
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