Tropical Birds
Layard's parakeet or the emerald-collared 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.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Top parks for Layard's Parakeet. Sightings recorded in 21 safari areas total.
● Common (500+ sightings)● Occasional (50-499)● Rare (<50)
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