Derbyan Parakeet - TheLiving Encyclopedia

Lord Derby's parakeet, also known as Derbyan parakeet, is a parrot species, which is confined to a small pocket of moist evergreen forest in the hills and mountains of the Indian states of Arunachal Pradesh and Assam, and adjoining parts of Tibet, Sichuan and Yunnan in China. The species suffers from cutting of old trees and poaching for the illegal wildlife trade. In 2011, its status was updated from least concern to near threatened on the IUCN Red List. The adult male and female are easily distinguished because they have different beak colours and slightly different plumage.

📌 Sexual dimorphism

Image:Psittacula derbiana-20050502.jpg|The adult male has a red upper mandible File:Psittacula derbiana -aviary -male-8a.jpg|Male File:Psittacula derbiana -Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China -male-8a.jpg|Male pet kept in China File:Derbyan parakeet (Psittacula derbiana) -female2.jpg|A female pet in Tibet. The adult female has an all black beak. File:Psittacula derbiana (female) -Beijing -captive-8.jpg|A female pet in China File:Bird - Aviary, Tazishan Park - Chengdu, China - DSC03030.JPG|A captive female in China

📌 Reproduction

]] Breeding season usually begins between April and June. The female lays a clutch of two to four eggs () in nest holes of trees. The young hatch after an incubation period of about 23 days and will fledge after 8 to 9 weeks.

📌 Divergence

A 2004 study established that the divergence of Psittacula from other parrots occurred between 3.4 and 9.7 million years ago and divergence within Psittacula occurred between 2.5 and 7.7 million years ago. However, the divergence of Derbyan parakeet occurred more recently, between 0.2 and 0.5 million years ago.

Quick Facts

Common Names:

Derbyan Parakeet, Lord Derby's Parakeet

Class:

Aves

Data Completeness:

100%

Data Sources

🌍gbif

📚itis

📖wikipedia

🔬eol

🦎inaturalist

References

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Distribution Statistics

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Observations

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Countries

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First: 3/21/2021 · Latest: 11/21/2025