Plum-headed Parakeet

The plum-headed parakeet is a mainly green parrot, 33–37cm long including a tail of up to 22cm, and weighing 55–85g. The male's head is red shading to purple-blue on the back of the crown and cheeks, with a narrow black collar, a black chin stripe and a red shoulder patch; the female has a dull bluish-grey head, a yellow collar and no chin stripe or shoulder patch. The rump and tail are bluish-green, the tail tipped white, and the upper bill is orange-yellow. Young birds have green heads and take a year to gain the dark head (Wikipedia, general species account).

It lives in flocks in forest and open woodland, even in city gardens, but avoids dry country. The birds fly swiftly with many twists and turns, calling distinctively. It was once treated as the same species as the blossom-headed parakeet (Wikipedia, general species account).