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Layard's parakeet

Psittacula calthrapae (Blyth, 1849)

LCLeast Concernparrots

The layard's parakeet (Psittacula calthrapae) is a species in the family Psittaculidae, order Psittaciformes. Recorded adults weigh about 116.1 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Layard's parakeet (Psittacula calthrapae)
Photo: Hafiz Issadeen · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the layard's parakeet

Weight
116.1 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Frugivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
2.9src 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 layard's parakeet live?

Not recorded

What is the layard's parakeet?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

Layard's parakeet or the emerald-collared parakeet, (Psittacula calthrapae) is a parrot which is a resident endemic breeder in Sri Lanka. The common name of this bird commemorates the British naturalist Edgar Leopold Layard; his first wife, Barbara Anne Calthrop, whom he married in 1845, is commemorated in the specific epithet.

From the Wikipedia article “Layard's parakeet” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Layard%27s_parakeet&oldid=1379015759), 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 layard's parakeet endangered?

The layard's 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 layard's parakeet classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPsittaciformes
  5. familyPsittaculidae
  6. genusPsittacula
  7. SpeciesPsittacula calthrapae (Blyth, 1849)

Synonyms Nicopsitta calthrapae, Palaeornis calthrapae, Palaeornis calthropae, Psittacula calthorpae, Psittacula calthorpae, Psittacula calthropae

Other names and names in other languages (36)
  • Emerald-collared parakeetEnglish
  • Emerald-collared parakeetEnglish
  • درة لياردArabic
  • ببغاء لياردArabic
  • cotorra de Sri LankaCatalan
  • alexandr smaragdovýCzech
  • paracît torchwyrddWelsh
  • Blåhalet ÆdelparakitDanish
  • BlauschwanzsittichGerman
  • srilanka papagoEsperanto
  • Cotorra de CeilánSpanish
  • tseiloni kaeluspapagoiEstonian
  • ceyloninkaijaFinnish
  • srilankankaijaFinnish
  • Perruche de LayardFrench
  • cejlonska aleksandraCroatian
  • ceyloni papagájHungarian
  • kékszárnyú sándorpapagájHungarian
  • Parrocchetto di LayardItalian
  • セイロンミドリワカケインコJapanese
  • smaragdinė žieduotoji papūgaLithuanian
  • SmaragdparkietDutch
  • grønnhalsparakittNorwegian
  • aleksandretta zielonoszyjaPolish
  • periquito-do-ceilãoPortuguese
  • periquito-de-colarinho-verdePortuguese
  • Изумрудный кольчатый попугайRussian
  • ශ්රී ලංකා අළු ගිරවාSinhala
  • alexander modrochvostýSlovak
  • Smaragdnovrati aleksandarSerbian
  • smaragdparakitSwedish
  • Seylan Yeşil PapağanıTurkish
  • папуга зеленошиїйUkrainian
  • папужець зеленошиїйUkrainian
  • 艳绿领鹦鹉Chinese
  • 艷綠領鸚鵡Chinese

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Relatives of the layard's 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 layard's parakeet?

An adult layard's parakeet weighs 116.1 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the layard's parakeet endangered?

The layard's 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 layard's parakeet?

The layard's parakeet (Psittacula calthrapae) belongs to the family Psittaculidae in the order Psittaciformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

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

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Layard's parakeet (Psittacula calthrapae). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/layards-parakeet

MLA

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BibTeX
@misc{layards_parakeet_2026,
  title = {Layard's parakeet (Psittacula calthrapae)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/layards-parakeet},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}