Palaeornis columboides = Psittacula columboides (blue-winged parakeet, Malabar parakeet) Palæornis columboides = Psittacula columboides (Malabar Parakeet)
Psittacula columboides
Date 1847
Source Illustrations of Indian Ornithology
Author (text) T C Jerdon / Thomas Caverhill Jerdon (1811 - 1872); (art) C V Kistnarajoo
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PsittaculaColumboidesGould.jpg
The blue-winged parakeet or Malabar parakeet (Psittacula columboides) is a species of parakeet endemic to the Western Ghats of southern India. Found in small flocks, Malabar parakeets fly rapidly in forest clearings while making screeching calls that differ from those of other parakeet species within their distribution range. Their long blue tails tipped in yellow and the dark wings with blue contrast with the dull grey of their head and body. Adult males and females can be easily told apart from the colour of their beak.
Order: Psittaciformes
Family: Psittaculidae
Genus: Psittacula
Species: Psittacula columboides (Vigors, 1830)
