Psittacula
eupatria
[Linné 1766] Alexandrine
Parakeet 1.
Psittacula eupatria
eupatria (Linné 1766)
Alexandrine
Parakeet Description:
Green; cheeks and nape washed faintly grey-blue; cocks often only have narrow
stripe of grey-blue to nape; broad cheek-stripe and narrow line from cere to eye
black; broad band to nape pink; abdomen yellowish-green; dark purple-red patch
to wing-coverts; upperside of middle tail-feathers blue-green with green base
and yellow tips, outer tail-feathers green; underside of tail yellow; bill red
with yellow tip; iris yellowish-white; feet grey. Hen
without black cheek-stripe and pink band to nape; plumage generally slightly duller;
middle tail-feathers on average shorter. Immatures
as hen, adult plumage develops at 18 months, completed by 32 to 36 months.
Length:
58 cm, wing length 189 - 215 mm, tail length 215 - 355 mm. Distribution:
Southern India North to Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh; Sri Lanka.
2.
Psittacula eupatria
nipalensis (Hodgson 1836)
Nepalese
Alexandrine Parakeet Description:
As eupatria, but breast and abdomen feathers of both sexes with marked
grey-white tinge; cheeks and nape suffused with blue; broad pink band to nape;
larger. Length:
62 cm, wing length 200 - 240 mm,
tail length 286 - 328 mm. Distribution:
Eastern Afghanistan, Western Pakistan, Central and Northern India, Nepal, Eastern
Pakistan, Bhutan and Assam.
3. Psittacula eupatria
magnirostris (Ball 1872)
Andaman
Alexandrine
Parakeet Description:
As eupatria, but breast and abdomen feathers in both sexes with grey-white
tinge; broad pink band to nape; blue tinge to nape above pink band mostly very
restricted, not occurring in some birds; shoulder patch lighter in many birds;
bill larger and heavier; slightly larger. Length:
60 cm, wing length 200 - 225 mm,
tail length 250 - 347 mm. Distribution:
Andaman Islands
4. Psittacula eupatria
siamensis (Kloss 1917)
Laos Alexandrine
Parakeet Description:
As eupatria, but back of head and nape washed pale blue, extending to crown
in some birds; cheeks yellow-green; band to nape narrow and pinker; shoulder patch
more reddish; slightly smaller; feet yellowish. Length:
56 cm, wing length 179 - 205 mm,
tail length 200 - 298 mm. Distribution:
Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, northern and western Thailand. 5.
Psittacula eupatria
avensis (Kloss 1917)
Burmese
Alexandrine Parakeet Description:
As eupatria, but top of head and nape yellowish-green;
blue tinge resticted to cheeks and absent from nape; band to nape narrow and pinker.
Length:
58 cm, wing length 194 - 220 mm,
tail length 281 - 336 mm. Distribution:
Cachar district in Assam to Amherst, Burma.
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