Adult male © Prabhakar Manjunath eBird S52097191 Macaulay Library ML 138161791
Adult female © Rajinikanth Kasthuri
Immature © S S Suresh
Adult male © Alan Van Norman
Male and female © Shwetha Bharathi
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Adult © Stefan Hirsch

Malabar Parakeet Psittacula columboides

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Identification

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This striking parakeet is restricted to the forests of India’s Western Ghats. Bluish-gray male has a bright red upper bill and a black-and-blue collar. The greener female has an all-dark bill and a weaker black collar. Both sexes have blue in the wings and tail, though male’s is more prominent. Gives harsh, buzzy, high-pitched screeching, often as the birds shoot overhead. Favors forest and forest edge.

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