Blossom-headed Parakeet

How to identify

Field marks

1. Male has pink face, grading to pale blue on rear crown
2. Male has narrow black collar and black stripe on chin
3. Male has reddish-brown patches on scapulars
4. Male has blue central tail feathers with pale yellow tips

Male, female and young

Females have a pale blue-gray head and yellow-green collar; juveniles have a green head and lack red scapular patches.

Voice

Sometimes harsh and noisy, sometimes soft and melodious.

Where and when it's recorded

Busiest months: February–March · Most records: Cambodia, India, Thailand

Blossom-headed Parakeet has been recorded at 107 of the 8,276 birding hotspots we track, in 9 countries and regions.

Records by month Northern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

1. TmatboeyCambodia970 records
2. Kaziranga NP & Surroundings – Western RangeIndia380 records
3. Kaziranga NP & Surroundings – Central RangeIndia363 records

Countries and regions with the most records

CambodiaIndiaThailandBangladeshChinaNepalMyanmar (Burma)United Arab Emirates

eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.

About

The blossom-headed parakeet (Psittacula roseata or Himalayapsitta roseata) is a parrot in the family Psittaculidae. It has a lime green body and a pink or bluish grey-head and is found in Southeast Asia. This species is sometimes also referred to as rosy-headed parakeet.

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