Layard's Parakeet vs Slaty-headed Parakeet

Layard's Parakeet

Psittacula calthrapae

116 gForest

Layard's parakeet is a green parrot, 29 cm (11 in) long including a tail up to 13 cm (5.1 in). The adult has a bluish-grey head and back, separated by a green collar. There is a broad black chin stripe and the tail is blue tipped yellow. The upper mandible of the male's bill is red and the lower mandible is brown. The female is similar, but has an all black beak and less green on the face than the male. Immature birds are mainly green, with an orange bill.

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Photo: Mickey Wu · CC BY 4.0

Slaty-headed Parakeet

Psittacula himalayana

Medium161 gWoodland

Adults of both sexes have green (tinted with blue) feathers on most of their body. It has a dark grey (slate colored) head with a light blue tint where head meets the neck. Males feature dark maroon patches on inner wing coverts. Females do not feature these maroon patches. Males have long central tail feathers which are shorter in female birds. The tail is green at base and becomes deep blue and widely tipped with bright yellow. The parakeet features a bright red-orange upper mandible with a pale yellow lower. It also has a pale yellow eye.

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Photo: Koshy Koshy from Faridabad, Haryana, India · CC BY 2.0

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