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Lord Derby's parakeet

Psittacula derbiana

Photo by Ariana
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40.7645, -73.9624

Field Notes

Habitat:

At Central Park Zoo.

Species ID Suggestions

moustached parakeet

Psittacula alexandri

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auntnance123
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Comments (9)
Ariana
Thank you ladies, I am updating now. I have a handfull of other tropical bird spotting su, I'd appreciate your perusal to see that I have correctly IDed them.
auntnance123
You are right, Carolina. And not just the beak color but the eye color as well. This spotting does have the lighter eye than the moustached parakeet (http://www.birdchannel.com/bird-species/profiles/derbyan-parakeet-2.aspx). So Ariana please ignore my previous comment but still update your terrific spotting.
Carolina
What a about a Lord Derby's parakeet (Psittacula derbiana), auntnance? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Derby's_Parakeet A female one because of her black bill.
auntnance123
If you are satisfied that it is a moustached parakeet, it would be helpful for you to edit the spotting as such.
Ariana
He was hanging out with this fellow http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/7259998
Ariana
I failed to add critical information to the spotting, which is that it was seen at the Central Park Zoo, in the tropical room.
kristi_av
Hm. It seems that if it's in New York City, it's more than likely one of the pets that escaped, and it's likely that those interbred; this might be a mix of multiple species rather than one distinct one. Just a guess! I'm most certainly not a parrot expert.

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