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Grey-headed Parakeet

Psittacula finschii (Hume, AO 1874)

The grey-headed parakeet is closely related to the slaty-headed parakeet which together form a super-species. It is found in Southeast Asia from north-eastern India to Vietnam. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Psittaciformes
Family:
  Psittaculidae
Genus:
   Psittacula
Scientific:
  Psittacula finschii

Original description

Citation:
  (Hume, AO 1874)

Reference:
   Stray Feathers 2 p.509

Protonym:
  Palaeornis Finschii

Type locality:
  KolUdoo, 3500-5000 feet, upper Salween River, Burma.

Link:
  https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29846894

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  A72667DFE3933E71

Avibase ID:
  avibase-A72667DF

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/A72667DF

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 554892


NEAR THREATENED

Geographic range:

  • Psittacula finschii: N India (w Bengal) to s China, Myanmar and Indochina
Source: Clements checklist
English:
Grey-headed Parakeet
Catalan:
Cotorra de Finsch
Czech:
alexandr Finschův
Danish:
Gråhovedet Ædelparakit
German:
Finschsittich
Spanish:
Cotorra de Finsch
Spanish (Spain):
Cotorra de Finsch
Finnish:
harmaapääkaija
French:
Perruche de Finsch
Croatian:
sivoglava aleksandra
Hungarian:
kékfarkú himalája-edelpapagáj
Italian:
Parrocchetto testagrigia
Japanese (romaji):
haigashirahonseiinko
Japanese:
ハイガシラホンセイインコ
Lithuanian:
Pilkagalvė žieduotoji papūga
Dutch:
Finsch' Parkiet
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Gråhovudparakitt
Norwegian:
Gråhodeparakitt
Polish:
aleksandretta szarogłowa
Portuguese:
Periquito-de-cabeça-cinza
Portuguese (Portugal):
periquito-de-cabeça-cinzenta
Russian:
Сероголовый кольчатый попугай
Slovak:
alexander sivokuklý
Serbian:
Sivoglavi aleksandar
Swedish:
gråhuvad parakit
Ukrainian:
папужець сіроголовий
Chinese:
灰头鹦鹉
Chinese (Traditional):
灰頭鸚鵡

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Grey-headed Parakeet ( Psittacula finschii) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Grey-headed Parakeet ( Psittacula finschii) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 00:
Grey-headed Parakeet ( Psittacula finschii) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 01:
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Birdlife checklist version 02:
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Birdlife checklist version 03:
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Birdlife checklist version 04:
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Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
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Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
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Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
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Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
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Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
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Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
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Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
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Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
Grey-headed Parakeet ( Psittacula finschii) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
Grey-headed Parakeet ( Psittacula finschii) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
Grey-headed Parakeet ( Psittacula finschii) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Grey-headed Parakeet ( Himalayapsitta finschii) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Grey-headed Parakeet ( Himalayapsitta finschii) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Grey-headed Parakeet ( Himalayapsitta finschii) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
Grey-headed Parakeet ( Himalayapsitta finschii) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Grey-headed Parakeet ( Himalayapsitta finschii) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Perruche de Finsch ( Psittacula finschii) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Perruche de Finsch ( Psittacula finschii) [version 1]
Clements, version 2021:
Gray-headed Parakeet ( Psittacula finschii) [version 1]
Clements, version 2022:
Gray-headed Parakeet ( Psittacula finschii) [version 1]
Clements, version 2023:
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Clements 4th edition:
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Clements 5th edition (as published):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition:
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Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
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Clements, version 2015:
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Clements, version 2016:
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Clements, version 2017:
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Clements, version 2018:
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Clements, version 2019:
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eBird version 1.50:
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eBird version 1.52:
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eBird version 2015:
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eBird version 2019:
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eBird version 2021:
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eBird version 2022:
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eBird version 2023:
Gray-headed Parakeet ( Psittacula finschii) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
Psittacula himalayana finschii [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
Grey-headed Parakeet ( Psittacula finschii) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
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Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
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Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
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Oriental Bird Club:
Grey-headed Parakeet ( Psittacula finschii) [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Psittacula himalayana finschii [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Psittacula himalayana finschii [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
Grey-headed Parakeet ( Psittacula finschii) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
Grey-headed Parakeet ( Psittacula finschii) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
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Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01:
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Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.02:
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Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.03:
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Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.04 (7/07/2024):
Grey-headed Parakeet ( Psittacula finschii) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Psittacula finschii [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Psittacula finschii [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes a subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Psittacula [himalayana or finschii] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Bengali: মেটেমাথা টিয়া, হভমটভাথা টিয়া
Bengali (transliteration): mēṭēmāthā ṭiẏā
Catalan: Cotorra de Finsch
Czech: alexandr Finschův
Danish: Gråhovedet Ædelparakit
German: Burma-Schwarzkopfedelsittich, Finschs Edelsittich, Finschsittich, Finsch-Sittich, Himalayasittich, Himalayasittich-finschii, Veraguasittich
English: Eastern Slaty-headed Parakeet, Finsch's Parakeet, Finsch's Slaty-headed Parakeet, Gray headed Parakeet, Gray-headed Parakeet, Grey headed Parakeet, Grey-headed Parakeet, Slaty-headed parakeet
English, HBW: Grey-headed Parakeet
English (IOC): Grey-headed Parakeet
English (United States): Gray-headed Parakeet
Spanish: Cotorra de Finsch
Spanish (Spain): Cotorra de Finsch
Spanish (HBW): Gray-headed Parakeet
Estonian: hallpea-kaeluspapagoi
Finnish: harmaapääkaija
French: Perruche à tête grise, Perruche de Finsch
Croatian: sivoglava aleksandra
Hungarian: kékfarkú himalája-edelpapagáj
Italian: Parrocchetto testagrigia
Japanese (romaji): haigashirahonseiinko, zu-guro ko-sei-inko, zugurokoseiinko
Japanese: ズグロコセイインコ, ハイガシラホンセイインコ
Japanese (Kanji): 頭黒小青鸚哥
Scientific: Himalayapsitta finschii, Palaeornis Finschii, Psittacula finschii, Psittacula himalayana finschii
Lithuanian: Pilkagalvė žieduotoji papūga
Latvian: pelēkgalvas papagailis
Malay: Burung Bayan Kepala Kelabu
Dutch: Finsch' Parkiet
Norwegian Nynorsk: Gråhovudparakitt
Norwegian: Gråhodeparakitt
Polish: aleksandretta szaroglowa, aleksandretta szarogłowa
Pinyin: huī-tóu yīngwǔ
Portuguese: Periquito-de-cabeça-cinza
Portuguese (Portugal): periquito-de-cabeça-cinzenta
Russian: Кольчатый попугай Финша, Сероголовый кольчатый попугай
Slovak: alexander sivokuklý
Serbian: Sivoglavi aleksandar
Swedish: Gråhuvad parakit
Thai: นกกะแล, นกกะลิง
Thai (Transliteration): nók kà-laee, nók kà-liŋ
Turkish: Finsch yeşil papağanı
Ukrainian: Папуга сіроголовий, папужець сіроголовий
Vietnamese: Chim Vẹt đầu xám, Vẹt đầu xám
Chinese: 灰头鹦鹉
Chinese (Traditional): 灰頭鸚鵡

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