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Layard's parakeet (Psittacula calthrapae) is a parrot which is a resident endemic breeder in Sri Lanka.The common name of this bird commemorates the British naturalist Edgar Leopold Layard; his first wife, Barbara Anne Calthrop, whom he married in 1845, is commemorated in the specific epithet.
Sri Lanka hanging parrot is a bird of open forest. It is strictly arboreal, never descending to the ground. It nests in holes in trees, laying 2–3 eggs.Females are involved in building the nest while males mostly remain close, observing the females.Breeding season includes the first part of the year and sometimes July-september.
Sri Lanka is a tropical island situated close to the southern tip of India. The bird life of Sri Lanka is very rich for its size and more than 500 species have been recorded. In addition to the many resident birds, a considerable number of migratory species winter in the country to escape their northern breeding grounds.
This is a small, mainly green hanging parrot, only 14 cm long with a short tail. The adult male has a red rump and bill, and blue throat patch. The female has a green patch. Vernal hanging parrot is a bird of dry jungle and cultivation. It nests in holes in trees, laying 2-4 white eggs. Immature birds have a duller rump, and lack the throat patch.
P. k. manillensis, Sri Lanka Rose-ringed parakeet near Chandigarh. The Asian subspecies are both larger than the African subspecies. [5] The genus name Psittacula is a diminutive of Latin psittacus, "parrot", and the specific krameri commemorates the Austrian naturalist Wilhelm Heinrich Kramer. [7]
Kotagama and Fernando – A Field Guide to the Birds of Sri Lanka: Follow Sibley and Monroe 1994: 23+3: Wijesinghe – A Checklist of the Birds of Sri Lanka: Three species are suggested as endemic 1996: 23+3: Inskip et al. – An Annotated Checklist of the Birds of the Oriental Region: Follow Sibley and Monroe refers to Wijesinghe 1998: 23
Hanging parrots are birds in the genus Loriculus, a group of small parrots from tropical southern Asia. About 13 cm (5.1 in) long, hanging parrots are mostly green plumaged and short-tailed. Often head coloring helps to identify individual species. [1] They are unique among birds for their ability to sleep upside down. [2]
The sale of Alexandrine parakeets is not banned in Pakistan, and they can be found being openly sold in the markets of Lahore and Rawalpindi. Their sale is banned in India, and yet they are sold in broad daylight in urban bird markets, suggesting that the Indian government is allocating insufficient resources for their protection. [19] [21]