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Long-tailed parakeet

Psittacula longicauda (Boddaert, 1783)

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The long-tailed parakeet (Psittacula longicauda) is a species in the family Psittaculidae, order Psittaciformes. Recorded adults weigh 107 g to 182 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Vulnerable.

Long-tailed parakeet (Psittacula longicauda)
Photo: Lip Kee Yap · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the long-tailed parakeet

Weight
107 g – 182 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
2.4 – 2.7src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the long-tailed parakeet live?

Not recorded

What is the long-tailed parakeet?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The long-tailed parakeet (Psittacula longicauda) or Burung Bayan Nuri in Malay is a parakeet endemic to the regions of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Sumatra, Borneo and Peninsular Malaysia (including Singapore). It is allopatric with the congener, the Red-breasted parakeet, Psittacula alexandri, except in the Andaman Islands where they occur together.

From the Wikipedia article “Long-tailed parakeet” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Long-tailed_parakeet&oldid=1379250490), 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 long-tailed parakeet endangered?

The long-tailed parakeet is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List: it faces a high risk of extinction in the wild.

  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 Vulnerable species.

How is the long-tailed parakeet classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPsittaciformes
  5. familyPsittaculidae
  6. genusPsittacula
  7. SpeciesPsittacula longicauda (Boddaert, 1783)

Synonyms Belocercus longicaudus, Psittacus longicauda

Other names and names in other languages (42)
  • درة طويلة الذيلArabic
  • ببغاء طويل الذيلArabic
  • cotorra de corona verdaCatalan
  • alexandr dlouhoocasýCzech
  • paracît cynffonhirWelsh
  • Langhalet ÆdelparakitDanish
  • LangschwanzsittichGerman
  • longvosta papagoEsperanto
  • Longvosta psitaketoEsperanto
  • Cotorra colilargaSpanish
  • malai habepapagoiEstonian
  • pitkäpyrstökaijaFinnish
  • Perruche à longs brinsFrench
  • דררה ארוכת-זנבHebrew
  • דררה ארוכת זנבHebrew
  • dugorepa aleksandraCroatian
  • nyílfarkú papagájHungarian
  • hosszúfarkú edelpapagájHungarian
  • Betet ekor-panjangIndonesian
  • Parrocchetto codalungaItalian
  • オナガダルマインコJapanese
  • ilgauodegė žieduotoji papūgaLithuanian
  • Кужы пачан шӓргӓшӓн попугайWestern Mari
  • Burung Bayan NuriMalay
  • ကြက်တူရွေးမြီးရှည်Burmese
  • LangstaartparkietDutch
  • langhaleparakittNorwegian
  • aleksandretta długosternaPolish
  • لمی پوچھل والا طوطاWestern Panjabi
  • periquito-rabilongoPortuguese
  • periquito-de-face-vermelhaPortuguese
  • periquito-de-faces-vermelhasPortuguese
  • periquito-mustache-cauda-longaPortuguese
  • Нитехвостый кольчатый попугайRussian
  • alexander dlhochvostýSlovak
  • Dugorepi aleksandarSerbian
  • långstjärtad parakitSwedish
  • Uzun Kuyruklu Yeşil PapağanTurkish
  • папуга малазійськийUkrainian
  • папужець малазійськийUkrainian
  • 長尾鸚鵡Chinese
  • 长尾鹦鹉Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the long-tailed parakeet

Other species in the same genus Psittacula.

CompareLong-tailed parakeet vs Rose-ringed parakeetLong-tailed parakeet vs Alexandrine parakeetLong-tailed parakeet vs Red-breasted parakeetLong-tailed parakeet vs Plum-headed parakeet

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the long-tailed parakeet?

An adult long-tailed parakeet weighs 107 g – 182 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the long-tailed parakeet endangered?

The long-tailed parakeet is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, meaning it faces a high risk of extinction in the wild.

What kind of animal is the long-tailed parakeet?

The long-tailed parakeet (Psittacula longicauda) 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). Long-tailed parakeet (Psittacula longicauda). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/long-tailed-parakeet

MLA

“Long-tailed parakeet (Psittacula longicauda).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/long-tailed-parakeet.

BibTeX
@misc{long_tailed_parakeet_2026,
  title = {Long-tailed parakeet (Psittacula longicauda)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/long-tailed-parakeet},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}