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.דורו ופרועו רחרחש וראוצ .רחרחש ןותחתהו םודא ןוילעה ורוקמ .ךורא בנז לעבו ףוג ןטק ,קרקרי יכות :הררד .גרודמו ךורא ובנז .תורצו תוכורא םיפנכה .םיפופכו םידח םירפטה .רוחאל םיתשו םינפל םיתש ,תוכורא ויתועבצא ,תומשוגמו תורצק וילגר .םילגנו'ג ילושל דעו םיירבדמ יצח םירוזאמ םירישנ םיצע תושרוח ולודיג תיב .ונרוזאב ללוכ היבשמ החרבש רחאל המלקאתה םיבר םירוזאב .תליא דעו עבש-ראב ןיבו םיינופצה םיקמעב התפצנ ,ףוחה רושימב רקיעב ידמל החיכש הביצי תבשות ץראב 22 'י 'א םיכלמ ... םיכותו םיפקו םיבהנש ... | ||||||||||
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Subspecies and Distribution.
P. k. krameri S Mauritania, aenegal and Guinea E to W Uganda and S Sudan. P. k. parvirostris CE Sudan through Ethiopia, Eritrea and Djibouti to NW Somalia. P. k. borealis NW Pakistan E through N India, Nepal and C Myanmar to SE China. P. k. manillensis Peninsular India W of 20 degree N, and Sri Lanka. Feral in many cities and countries, having originally escaped from captivity. | ||||||||||
Descriptive notes.A bright pale yellowish green parakeet with long tail and deeply hooked dark red upper mandible. 35-45 cm, 95-140 g, wingspan 45 cm.Black chin and malar area curving and narrowing into half-collar on side of neck, where bordered below by a narrow rose pink line that extends over nape, above by indistinct mouve-blue extending onto hindcrown. Flight feathers duskier green above, grey below, tail bluish green on central feathers, ochrish below. Female lacks blue, pink and black on head but can show emerald collar. Race borealis larger and more greyish below, with more blue on head, bill usually all red, and manillensis like borealis with black lower mandible.Race parvirostris darker, weth stronger pink collart in male, upper mandible all red. Habitat.Chiefly deciduous habitats ranging from semi-desert to light secondary jungle, mainly in lowlands. Short grass and semi desert savanna, open scrub and bushland, wooded valleys, savanna woodland, riparian and evergreen forest, open agricultural land with scattered trees, gardens, orchards and cultivations.Food and FeedingIn Asia, especially India, regarded as one of the most destructive bird pests in agriculture, coming in enormous flocks to cereals and fruit crops.In Africa recorded fruits include guavas, dates, mangoes, baobad, seeds of acacia, flowers nectar and fruit of Slmalia, Erythrina, Butea, and Bassia. Feral birds take fruits and berries of rosaceae, cultivated fruit and cereals, dates grain, and seeds of sunflower. Breeding.Dec-May in W Africa and Arabia Peninsula. Sep in South Africa, Jun-Apr, in Asia. Nest in hollow in tree usually enlarged by birds themselves, 3-10 m over ground, often loosely colonial.Usually 3-4 eggs, rarely 6, incubation 22 days. Movements.Resident, but subject to minor local movements in Africa.Status and ConservationNot globally threatened. Common to abundant throughout natural range and in many places where introduced.Israel.In Israel subspecies .P. k. borealis. Quite common locally introduced breeding resident in low-lying areas especially between Rahnana to Rison Le Zion. |
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