Malabar/Blue-winged Parakeet

Psittacula columboides

The Malabar Parakeet, also called the Blue-winged Parakeet comes from southern India.

It is closely related to the Emerald-collared (Layard's) Parakeet in Sri Lanka and is generally from the long-tailed Ring-neck species of parakeets.

The male Malabar Parakeet has bluish-green on the front of his face, a red beak and a double collar of black with luminous bluish-green.

The female Malabar Parakeet has a grey face, a black beak and a single black collar.