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Species
Least ConcernSlaty-headed Parakeet
species
Observations437
via IUCN
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Psittacula
- Image
- Slaty-headed Parakeet (Psittacula himalayana) (25819352801).jpg
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- taxon name
- Psittacula himalayana
- Commons category
- Psittacula himalayana
- Commons gallery
- Psittacula himalayana
- taxon common name
- periquito-do-himalaia
- litter size
- 3.9
- endemic to
- Yuksom
- short name
- P. himalayana
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Encyclopedic overview
The slaty-headed parakeet (Psittacula himalayana) is the only psittacid species to exhibit altitudinal migration. The species' range extends from Pakistan, to Western Himalayas in India through Nepal and Bhutan and up to the Eastern Himalayas in the northeastern Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh. They descend to the valleys in winter, approximately during the last week of October.
Description
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Slaty-headed Parakeet” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.