Posted by John Boyd on March 28, 2004 at 05:46:48:
In Reply to: TAS Shark Valley/Loop Rd. Fieldtrip posted by Paul Bithorn on March 27, 2004 at 22:57:13:
Here's a photo of the Moustached (Red-breasted) Parakeet. Like many parrots, it has more than one English name. "Moustached" is used by Forshaw and by Epps, but Clements and Sibley-Monroe call it "Red-breasted". As the scientific name, Psittacula alexandri, indicates, it is related to the Rose-ringed Parakeet (Psittacula krameri).
The black bill indicates it is a female.