Bird Guide

Blue-winged Parakeet vs Long-tailed Parakeet

Blue-winged Parakeet (Psittacula columboides)

Blue-winged Parakeet

Psittacula columboides

Medium87 gForest

The blue-winged parakeet is bluish grey with a long yellow-tipped tail. The black neck ring is complete in both males and females. The male has a bluish-green lower edge to the black collar and the upper mandible is red with a white tip while the female has an all black bill and has only the black collar. The female looks similar to the female of the plum-headed parakeet which however can be told apart by its broad yellow collar. Flocks move through the forest while calling out in a series of screeching keek-keek-keek calls.

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Sonogram of the Blue-winged Parakeet
Recorded by Jairam Vijayan · Song · Payyavoor, Kannur, Kerala, India · CC BY-SA 4.0
Photo: Haneesh K M. · CC0
Long-tailed Parakeet (Psittacula longicauda)

Long-tailed Parakeet

Psittacula longicauda

Medium107 gForest

It is mainly green with a long blue tail. The male has a black cap and red cheek or face. The female lacks the black cap and has less red cheek.

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Photo: Samuel Lee · CC BY 4.0

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