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ForestMedium · 90 g
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Its face is grey/green, and the rest of its head is dull green with faint pale green band below cheeks to hindcrown and its wing are patch absent and has a long tail.
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When to see the Grey-headed Parakeet
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 7 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is December, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Grey-headed Parakeet
The map shades 7 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Grey-headed Parakeet
The grey-headed parakeet is closely related to the slaty-headed parakeet which together form a super-species. It is found in Southeast Asia from north-eastern India to Vietnam.
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Easily confused with
Echo ParakeetPsittacula equesThe echo parakeet is 34–42 cm (13–17 in) long and weighs 167–193 g (5.9–6.8 oz), which makes it smaller than the other, now extinct, Mauritian parrots.
Nicobar ParakeetPsittacula canicepsIt is predominantly green with a yellowish-grey head and prominent black facial markings.
Lord Derby's ParakeetPsittacula derbianaLord Derby's parakeets are 45–50 cm (18–20 in) in length and are sexually dimorphic.
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