Layard's parakeet
| Layard's parakeet | |
|---|---|
| Female eating fruit in Sri Lanka | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Psittaciformes |
| Family: | Psittaculidae |
| Genus: | Psittacula |
| Species: | P. calthrapae |
| Binomial name | |
| Psittacula calthrapae (Blyth, 1849) | |
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Layard's parakeet or the emerald-collared parakeet, (Psittacula calthrapae) 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.