PsittaculidaePsittacula

Nicobar Parakeet

Psittacula caniceps

61–61 cmVery Large
Beak
—
Feet
—
Crest
No crest

Resident. Great and little Nicobar. I) Male is mainly yellowish-green, with buffish-grey head, black forehead and broad black chin stripe, and blackish flight feathers with bluish edges. Female Nl cobllrs has raucous bluish-grey corvid-like tinge to kraan crown... kraan. and nape, Tall and forest. black (rather than red) upper mandible.

Colour

BlackGreyGreenBuff / Tan
Average size
61 cm
Behaviour
Resident., Tall and forest. black (rather than red) upper mandible.

About this bird

Resident. Great and little Nicobar. I) Male is mainly yellowish-green, with buffish-grey head, black forehead and broad black chin stripe, and blackish flight feathers with bluish edges. Female Nl cobllrs has raucous bluish-grey corvid-like tinge to kraan crown... kraan. and nape, Tall and forest. black (rather than red) upper mandible.

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Nicobar Parakeet is bigger than Indian Spot-billed Duck but smaller than Black-crowned Night Heron.