Long-tailed Parakeet
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| Long-tailed Parakeet | |
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| Feeding in Queenstown, Singapore (the male is in the foreground) |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Psittaciformes |
| Family: | Psittacidae |
| Genus: | Psittacula |
| Species: | P. longicauda |
| Binomial name | |
| Psittacula longicauda (Boddaert, 1783) |
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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.
[edit] Gallery
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Female
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Squabbing over food (male on right)
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[edit] References
- BirdLife International (2004). Psittacula longicauda. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 11 May 2006. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is near threatened
[edit] External links
- Oriental Bird Images: Long-tailed Parakeet Selected photos
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