Plum-headed Parakeet

[[image: plumheadedparakeet.jpg ]]

[[image: plumheadedparakeet.jpg ]]

'''Scientific Name:''' Psittacula cyanocephala

'''Scientific Name:''' Psittacula cyanocephala

'''Habitat:''' Asia. India (widespread), Sri Lanka, Nepal, and Bhutan. In Sri Lanka, is common along the foothills in open woodland. In India, is common near cultivated land and in parks and towns. Not as common in Nepal

'''Habitat:''' Asia. India (widespread), Sri Lanka, Nepal, and Bhutan. In Sri Lanka, is common along the foothills in open woodland. In India, is common near cultivated land and in parks and towns. Not as common in Nepal

'''Diet:''' Seeds, fruits, nuts, blossoms and leaf buds. Damage orchards and rice crops

'''Diet:''' Seeds, fruits, nuts, blossoms and leaf buds. Damage orchards and rice crops

'''Cool Facts:''' Parakeets are very noisy in flight but quiet when perched. They are swift in flight. Although, they have been seen in large flocks feeding on grain crops, more commonly they are found in small groups.  When they return to roost with the flock in trees or bamboo at dusk, they are very noisy until nightfall.  

'''Cool Facts:''' Parakeets are very noisy in flight but quiet when perched. They are swift in flight. Although, they have been seen in large flocks feeding on grain crops, more commonly they are found in small groups.  When they return to roost with the flock in trees or bamboo at dusk, they are very noisy until nightfall.