Plum-headed parakeet

Psittacula cyanocephala

The Plum-headed parakeet (Psittacula cyanocephala) is a bird found in India. Open woods and farms across India and Sri Lanka. It eats fruit and seeds and nuts. The IUCN Red List lists it as Least Concern.

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Scientific name	Psittacula cyanocephala
Region	Asia
Found in	India

🏡 Where the Plum-headed parakeet lives

Open woods and farms across India and Sri Lanka.

🍽️ What it eats

🍎 Fruit80%
🌰 Seeds & nuts20%

A rough guide to its diet over a year. Source: EltonTraits (Wilman et al. 2014).

Conservation status

LCNTVUENCREWEX

Least ConcernThere are plenty of these birds.

💡 Males have a purple-pink head like a plum.

Hear the Plum-headed parakeet

Recorded by JISHNU KIZHAKKILLAM (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), xeno-canto XC777495. Trimmed to a few seconds.

Questions about the Plum-headed parakeet

Where does the Plum-headed parakeet live?

The Plum-headed parakeet lives in India. Open woods and farms across India and Sri Lanka.

What does the Plum-headed parakeet eat?

fruit (about 80%), seeds and nuts (about 20%). These are rough shares of its diet over a year, from the EltonTraits database.

Is the Plum-headed parakeet endangered?

There are plenty of these birds. Its IUCN Red List category is Least Concern.

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Sources: IUCN Red List (via Wikidata), EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014), GBIF sightings for countries, Wikipedia. Last updated 2026-10-19.