Slaty-headed Parakeet

Slaty-headed Parakeet

Taxobox
name = Slaty-headed Parakeet


image_caption = Kullu- Manali District of Himachal Pradesh, India.
image_width = 250px
status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Psittaciformes
familia = Psittacidae
genus = "Psittacula"
species = "P. himalayana"
binomial = "Psittacula himalayana"
binomial_authority = (Lesson, 1832)
The Slaty-headed Parakeet ("Psittacula himalayana") is the only psittacid species to exhibit altitudinal migration. The species' range extends from the foothills of the Western Himalayas in Pakistan over into the Republic of India up to Arunachal Pradesh. They descend to the valleys in winter, approximately during the last week of October.

References

* Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern


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