Long-tailed Parakeet

Long-tailed Parakeet

Taxobox
name = Long-tailed Parakeet



status = NT | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Psittaciformes
familia = Psittacidae
genus = "Psittacula"
species = "P. longicauda"
binomial = "Psittacula longicauda"
binomial_authority = (Boddaert, 1783)

The Long-tailed Parakeet ("Psittacula longicauda") is a parakeet endemic to the regions of Andaman islands, Nicobar islands, Sumatra, Borneo and Peninsular Malaysia (including Singapore). It is allopatric with the congener, the Red-breasted Parakeet, "Psittacula alexandrii", except in the Andaman islands where they occur together.

References

* Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is near threatened


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