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Vol. 95 No. 1 (2025)
Intersex plumage in Plum-headed Parakeet (Psittacula cyanocephala)
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Received: 13 July 2024
Accepted: 15 November 2024
Accepted: 15 November 2024
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This note reports the first documented case of intersex plumage in a Plum-headed Parakeet from India.
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Intersex plumage in Plum-headed Parakeet (Psittacula cyanocephala). (2025). Rivista Italiana Di Ornitologia, 95(1). https://doi.org/10.4081/rio.2024.807
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