Grey-headed parakeet

Grey-headed parakeet

Conservation status
Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Psittaciformes
Superfamily:	Psittacoidea
Family:	Psittaculidae
Subfamily:	Psittaculinae
Tribe:	Psittaculini
Genus:	Psittacula
Species:	P. finschii
Binomial name
*Psittacula finschii* (Hume, 1874)

The grey-headed parakeet (Psittacula finschii) is closely related to the slaty-headed parakeet which together form a super-species. It occurs from the north-eastern states of India, into Burma, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam.

The binomial of this bird commemorates the German naturalist and explorer Otto Finsch.

Description

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 short tail.

References

↑ BirdLife International (2013). "Psittacula finschii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.

Photos - Oriental Bird Images
Species profile - World Parrot Trust

Tribus: Psittaculini

Genus	Species (taxonomy note: * Réunion parakeet and Mauritius parakeet may united as subspecies or split as separate species) (extinctions: † indicates a species confirmed to be extinct, ₴ indicates evidence only from sub-fossils)

Psittinus	Blue-rumped parrot

Psittacella	Brehm's tiger parrot Painted tiger parrot Modest tiger parrot Madarasz's tiger parrot

Geoffroyus	Red-cheeked parrot (or singing parrot) Blue-collared parrot Song parrot

Prioniturus	Montane racket-tail Mindanao racket-tail Blue-headed racket-tail Green racket-tail Blue-crowned racket-tail Mindoro racket-tail Blue-winged racket-tail (or Sulu racket-tail) Yellow-breasted racket-tail Golden-mantled racket-tail Buru racket-tail

Tanygnathus	Great-billed parrot Blue-naped parrot Blue-backed parrot Black-lored parrot

Eclectus	Eclectus parrot Oceanic eclectus parrot † ₴ (extinct or prehistoric)

Alisterus	Australian king parrot Moluccan king parrot Papuan king parrot

Aprosmictus	Jonquil parrot (or olive-shouldered parrot) Red-winged parrot

Polytelis	Superb parrot Regent parrot Princess parrot

Psittacula	Alexandrine parakeet (or Alexandrine parrot) Seychelles parakeet † Rose-ringed parakeet (or ringnecked parakeet) Echo parakeet * Réunion parakeet † * Newton's parakeet † Slaty-headed parakeet Grey-headed parakeet Plum-headed parakeet Blossom-headed parakeet Lord Derby's parakeet Red-breasted parakeet Nicobar parakeet Long-tailed parakeet

Loriculus	Vernal hanging parrot Sri Lanka hanging parrot Philippine hanging parrot (supporting pages: Cebu hanging parrot and Camiguin hanging parrot) Blue-crowned hanging parrot Great hanging parrot (or Sulawesi hanging parrot) Sula hanging parrot Moluccan hanging parrot Sangihe hanging parrot Orange-fronted hanging parrot (or Papuan hanging parrot) Bismarck hanging parrot (or green-fronted hanging parrot) Pygmy hanging parrot (or red-billed hanging parrot) Yellow-throated hanging parrot Wallace's hanging parrot Camiguin hanging parrot

Agapornis	Rosy-faced lovebird (supporting page: rosy-faced lovebird colour genetics) Yellow-collared lovebird (or masked lovebird) Fischer's lovebird Lilian's lovebird Black-cheeked lovebird Grey-headed lovebird (or Madagascar lovebird) Black-winged lovebird (or Abyssinian lovebird) Red-headed lovebird (or red-faced lovebird) Black-collared lovebird

incertae sedis (probably Psittaculini)	Broad-billed parrot † (genus: Lophopsittacus) Rodrigues parrot † (genus: Necropsittacus)

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