PSITTACIDAE
LONG-TAILED PARAKEET



Location : Taiping, Perak
Date : ‎‎‎4 July 2020

40–42 cm Male longicauda: Red and dark bill, reddish-pink head sides/nape, deep green crown, broad black malar band, very pale blue-green mantle, pale turquoise back; long purplish-blue tailstreamers (undertail dull olive). Blackish underwing with yellow coverts. Female: Darker green above, green nape, dull brown bill, dark green malar band, shorter tail-streamers; reddish-pink on supercilium.Juvenile: Plainer/greener; pinkish face, dull malar band. Male tytleri(Coco Is): <49 cm, brighter crown, flame-red head-sides, nape as mantle, darker green below. Turquoise and green tail, turquoise-green underwing-coverts.Female: Brighter crown than longicauda, paler head-sides, green supercilium. VOICE High, rather melodious pee-yo pee-yo pee-yo.., nasal quavering graak graak graak, scolding cheet notes. HABITAT More open lowland broadleaved evergreen forest, clearings, plantations, mangroves. RANGE Fc/co R (local movements), Coco Is (S Myanmar), Pen Malaysia, Singapore.