Malabar Parakeet (M/F) at Kotagiri

[Praveen Siddannavar]

The Blue-winged Parakeet, also known as the Malabar Parakeet is a species of parakeet endemic to the Western Ghats of southern India. Found in small flocks, they fly rapidly in forest clearings while making screeching calls that differ from those of other parakeet species within their distribution range. Their long blue tails tipped in yellow and the dark wings with blue contrast with the dull grey of their head and body. Adult males and females can be easily told apart from the color of their beak.

The parakeet on the left is male and the one on right is female, I photographed them at Kotagiri a couple of weeks ago.

Camera - Canon 1D Mark IV Canon f4 500mm lens + 1.4x TC
EXIF - ISO 400 Av 5.6 Tv 1/400 sec, Focal length 700mm, Cropped
Location - Kotagiri,
Date - 29th Sept'12 @ 8am

[Saktipada Panigrahi]

Nice image of the pair facing each other in the same frame. Lovely compositionon. Educative and text book(may not find) photograph for all of us. The write-up by Praveen with each photograph is very much appreciated. Thanks for sharing.SaktiWild

[Mrudul Godbole]

Nice to see a pair. Good eye contact and colours. As it a crop, just a bit more space on the right would be nice as the tail is nearly touching the frame. Thanks for the detailed information.

[Satishchandra Ranadive]

Magnificent image.Gorgeous pair.Lovely composition.
Regards,

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Nice image with differences between male and female clearly shown. Thanks for sharing.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi