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Layard's Parakeet (Psittacula calthropae) Ella, Sri Lanka. Jan 17, 2015. Geotagged,Layards Parakeet,Psittacula calthropae,Sri Lanka,Winter Click/tap to enlarge Species introCountry intro

Layard's Parakeet (Psittacula calthropae)

Ella, Sri Lanka. Jan 17, 2015.

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The Layards Parakeet

The Layard's Parakeet is a parrot which is a resident endemic breeder in Sri Lanka. The common name of this bird commemorates the British naturalist Edgar Leopold Layard; his first wife, Barbara Anne Calthrop, whom he married in 1845, is commemorated in the specific epithet.

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Species identified by Thibaud Aronson
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Uploaded Aug 8, 2016. Captured Jan 17, 2015 07:08 in Wellawaya-Ella-Kumbalwela Highway, Ella, Sri Lanka.
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  • PENTAX K-3
  • f/6.3
  • 1/500s
  • ISO800
  • 300mm
Captured in the winter. More winter photos.