PAKHI DEKHUN PAKHI CHINUN ...(Observe the Bird and recognize)..LONG TAILED PARAKEET

PAKHI DEKHUN PAKHI CHINUN # 507/527(Observe the Bird and recognize)..LONG TAILED PARAKEET..[From a Photograph of MR. SARWANDEEP SINGH] ... WATERCOLOUR ...A4...2015... The long-tailed parakeet (Psittacula longicauda) is a parakeet endemic to the regions of Andaman islands, Nicobar islands, Sumatra, Borneo and Peninsular Malaysia (including Singapore). It is allopatric with the congener, the Red-breasted parakeet, Psittacula alexandri, except in the Andaman islands where they occur together.
40–48 cm; 168–196 g. Upper mandible red, lower blackish red; crown and area above line from cere to eye dark green.
Specific items include outer covering of betel nuts Areca catechu, papaya Carica papaya, ripe Pandanus fruit.
Generally Dec–May in Malaysia; Jun in Kalimantan; Oct in Sumatra; Feb–Apr in Andamans and Nicobars.
Not globally threatened. Currently considered Near Threatened.