Plumheads

The descriptions give you their average size, weight and talking abilities (see

Umbrella Cockatoos, Moluccan Cockatoos, African Greys, Caiques, Sun Conures,

Amazons,  Eclectus and Blue and Gold Macaws).  (The figures denote averages and

are provided to you as a reference point).        

Plumheads (Psittacula cyanocephala)  

The Plumheads are green; head is red becoming violet-blue on back of crown, nape and cheeks; black stripes to cheeks and narrow band to nape with adjoining bluish-green band; rump bluish-green; dark red patch to wing-coverts; under wing-coverts greenish-blue; middle tail-feathers blue with white tips; outer feathers yellowish-green with yellow tips; upper mandible orange-yellow, lower mandible brownish-black; iris whitish-yellow; feet grey. Female with bluish-grey head and yellowish edging; upper mandible pale yellowish, lower mandible grey. Matures with greenish head and often with grey tinge to chin; forehead orange-grey; upper and lower mandible yellowish; both sexes attain female adult plumage at 15 months; young male attains full adult male plumage at 30 months. These birds can be very loveable and somewhat cuddly, their tail feathers can grow to almost a foot long and 1/4 of an inch wide. They are from Ceylon, Rameswaram Island, most of India, Rawalpindi in West Pakistan, Nepal east to Bhutan and West Bengal.