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Plum-headed Parakeet
Psittacula cyanocephala · Family Psittacidae
Psittacula cyanocephala
Family Psittacidae
- Order
- Psittaciformes
- Family
- Psittacidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 260,917
- Countries and territories with records
- 31
About this species
This species has 260,917 occurrence records from 31 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from India (96.8%) and Nepal (2%); together they account for 98.7% of the total. In India, this species accounts for 0.41% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Psittacula cyanocephala combines the genus name Psittacula with the species epithet cyanocephala. The Warbla app catalog lists 12 species of the genus Psittacula; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Psittacula krameri, Psittacula eupatria and Psittacula columboides.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 324 species of the family Psittacidae. This species ranks 16th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Psittacula krameri. Its record count is 3.9 times the family average (66,299). The family Psittacidae belongs to the order Psittaciformes, which has 337 species in the Warbla app catalog.