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Birdsong field guide

Malabar Parakeet

Psittacula columboides

An elegant, bluish-grey parakeet endemic to the humid forests of the Western Ghats, distinguished by its unique double collar and long, yellow-tipped tail.

What it sounds like

A series of harsh, grating screeches interspersed with more melodic, chattering whistles.

Reference call, compare with what you heard

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Rec. JISHNU KIZHAKKILLAM · IndiaCC BY-NC-SA Xeno-canto

Field notes

Exhibits sexual dimorphism where males possess a coral-red upper mandible and females have an entirely black bill.
The species features a distinct double neck-ring: a narrow black collar bordered by a broader, vibrant turquoise-blue band.
Unlike its more common relatives, it is restricted to high-rainfall evergreen and semi-evergreen forest biomes.
Nesting typically occurs in abandoned woodpecker or barbet holes, often situated at great heights in tall forest trees.
Its primary flight feathers and tail are suffused with deep blue, earning it the alternative common name 'Blue-winged Parakeet'.

Habitat

Humid evergreen and semi-evergreen forests, mountain slopes, and occasionally adjacent plantations.

Range

Endemic to the Western Ghats of southwestern India.

Similar & commonly confused birds

Alexandrine ParakeetPsittacula eupatria Blossom-headed ParakeetPsittacula roseata Derbyan ParakeetPsittacula derbiana Echo ParakeetPsittacula eques Gray-headed ParakeetPsittacula finschii Layard's ParakeetPsittacula calthrapae Long-tailed ParakeetPsittacula longicauda Mauritius Gray ParrotPsittacula bensoni

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