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Blue-winged parakeet

Psittacula columboides (Vigors, 1830)

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The blue-winged parakeet (Psittacula columboides) is a species in the family Psittaculidae, order Psittaciformes. Recorded adults weigh 85.5 g to 87 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Blue-winged parakeet (Psittacula columboides)
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Quick facts about the blue-winged parakeet

Weight
85.5 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Omnivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
4.25 – 4.5src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the blue-winged parakeet live?

Not recorded

What is the blue-winged parakeet?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The blue-winged parakeet (Psittacula columboides), also known as the Malabar parakeet, is a species of parakeet endemic to the Western Ghats of southern India. Found in small flocks, they fly rapidly in forest clearings while making screeching calls that differ from those of other parakeet species within their distribution range. Their long blue tails tipped in yellow and the dark wings with blue contrast with the dull grey of their head and body. Adult males and females can be easily told apart from the colour of their beak.

From the Wikipedia article “Blue-winged parakeet” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Blue-winged_parakeet&oldid=1383174482), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the blue-winged parakeet endangered?

The blue-winged parakeet is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the blue-winged parakeet classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPsittaciformes
  5. familyPsittaculidae
  6. genusPsittacula
  7. SpeciesPsittacula columboides (Vigors, 1830)

Synonyms Nicopsitta columboides, Palaeornis columboides, Palaeornis melanorhynchus

Other names and names in other languages (36)
  • Malabar parakeetEnglish
  • درة زرقاء الاجنحةArabic
  • ببغاء ذو الأجنحة الزرقاءArabic
  • alexandr šedýCzech
  • paracît adeinlasWelsh
  • DueparakitDanish
  • TaubensittichGerman
  • malabara papagoEsperanto
  • Cotorra malabarSpanish
  • Cotorra de MalabarSpanish
  • malabari kaeluspapagoiEstonian
  • keralankaijaFinnish
  • Perruche de MalabarFrench
  • malabarska aleksandraCroatian
  • galambpapagájHungarian
  • malabár papagájHungarian
  • Parrocchetto del MalabarItalian
  • ミドリワカケインコJapanese
  • malabarinė žieduotoji papūgaLithuanian
  • നീലത്തത്തMalayalam
  • MalabarparkietDutch
  • dueparakittNorwegian
  • aleksandretta seledynowaPolish
  • periquito-malabarPortuguese
  • periquito-de-malabarPortuguese
  • periquito-do-malabarPortuguese
  • Малабарский кольчатый попугайRussian
  • alexander sivýSlovak
  • Golubiji aleksandarSerbian
  • ghatsparakitSwedish
  • நீலப் பைங்கிளிTamil
  • Malabar Yeşil PapağanıTurkish
  • папуга малабарськийUkrainian
  • папужець малабарськийUkrainian
  • 馬拉巴鸚鵡Chinese
  • 马拉巴鹦鹉Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the blue-winged parakeet

Other species in the same genus Psittacula.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the blue-winged parakeet?

An adult blue-winged parakeet weighs 85.5 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the blue-winged parakeet endangered?

The blue-winged parakeet is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the blue-winged parakeet?

The blue-winged parakeet (Psittacula columboides) belongs to the family Psittaculidae in the order Psittaciformes.

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Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

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BibTeX
@misc{blue_winged_parakeet_2026,
  title = {Blue-winged parakeet (Psittacula columboides)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/blue-winged-parakeet},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}