Slaty Headed Parakeet

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Buy Slaty Headed Parakeet is a medium-sized parrot found in the Himalayan regions of Pakistan, India, and Nepal. They thrive in high altitudes and have good natural resilience to cold weather. The species is closely relate to the smaller plum-headed parakeet, although it is far less common in captivity. Nevertheless, they are well establish and affordable in aviculture in Australia and throughout the world.

The slaty-headed parakeet (Psittacula himalayana) belongs to the family of parakeets, Psittaculidae. These parakeet species are distribute in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Afghanistan and Bhutan. It is a medium-size bird, measuring 38 to 42 cm in length. The plumage is yellowish green. The head is slaty and a black half-collar from chin and throat up sides of neck is present. The males have dark maroon patches on inner wing coverts.

The central tail feathers are longer in males. The base of the tail is green, turning blue in the middle region and the tip is yellow. The iris is black. The upper mandible is rich orange-red with yellowish tip. The lower mandible is yellow. Their call is a squawking sound. It is distribute in Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Nepal and Bhutan. In India these parakeets occur in Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim and northern tip of West Bengal.