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Grey-headed Parakeet

Parrots

Photo: (c) Rejoice Gassah, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Psittacula finschii

Basic stats

Diet

Leaf buds, seeds, fruit, berries and flowers

Range

South-east Asia from north-eastern India to Vietnam, including Yunnan

Clutch size

4–5 eggs, after a January–March breeding season

The grey-headed parakeet is closely related to the slaty-headed parakeet, with which it forms a super-species. Its face is grey-green and the rest of the head dull green with a faint pale green band below the cheeks to the hindcrown; the wing patch is absent and the tail long. It has a wide range in South-east Asia, from north-eastern India to Vietnam, including most of Vietnam, all of Laos, eastern Cambodia, northern Thailand, most of Myanmar and Yunnan province in China (Wikipedia, general species account).

It has a widely varied diet of leaf buds, seeds, fruit, berries and flowers, and is often seen in flocks or family parties, gathering in large flocks to roost at dusk. After a January–March breeding season, females often lay a clutch of four or five eggs (Wikipedia, general species account).

Quick answers

What does the Grey-headed Parakeet eat?
Leaf buds, seeds, fruit, berries and flowers
Where is the Grey-headed Parakeet found?
South-east Asia from north-eastern India to Vietnam, including Yunnan
How many eggs does the Grey-headed Parakeet lay?
4–5 eggs, after a January–March breeding season
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