Grey-headed parakeet | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Psittaciformes |
Family: | Psittaculidae |
Genus: | Psittacula |
Species: | P. finschii
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Binomial name | |
Psittacula finschii (Hume, 1874)
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Synonyms | |
Himalayapsitta finschii |
The grey-headed parakeet (Psittacula finschii) 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.
The binomial of this bird commemorates the German naturalist and explorer Otto Finsch.