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Record details

BirdPix:   80330
Province:  
Country:   Mauritius
Locus:   2057AD
Observer:   Kennedy D.
Date of record:   2019-05-22
Number of photos:   2
Notes:   Female - not great photos, but bill colour, neck ring, and eye colour are good pointers. Its call is quite different from the screech of the Rose-ringed Parakeet
Last updated:   2022-03-11 14:29:26
Sp. code:   1042
Species name:   Psittacula echo
Common name:   Echo Parakeet
Family:   Psittacidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Echo Parakeet Psittacula eques
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-80330
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 80330 - photo: 1
VM-number: 80330 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Lisl van Deventer
Comment:   Excellent! Endemic to Mauritius!
Date:   2019-06-12 10:56:47
Species name:   Psittacula echo -- Echo Parakeet
Species code:   1042

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