EXONUMI STATIC :

14.644.3730

EXONUMI # :

MYMAL.2005.23

Group Name :

National Definitive - Series V : Birds of Malaysia

Item Name :

Long-Tailed Parakeet / Bayan Nuri (Psittacula longicauda)

Item Type :

Postal Stamp

Issue Date :

14/05/2005

Printer :

Percetakan Keselamatan Nasional Sdn Bhd

Printing :

Lithography

Designer :

Huda Corporation Sdn Bhd

Watermark :

SPM (Inverted)

Perforations :

comb 13¾ x 14

Separation Type :

Normal Perforations

Gum Type :

Gum

Face Value :

40 sen

Dimension :

25 × 30 mm

Shape :

Rectangular

Orientation :

Vertical

Paper Type :

Phosphorized / Phospor Coated

Description :

Long-tailed Parakeet (Psittacula longicauda)

These birds are between 40cm and 42cm in size. The males have reddish sides of head with black mandible. They have green crown, dull blue wings and pale -blue-green back with long blue-purple and narrow tail feathers. The females are with green nape, darker green crown and upperparts. They have dull ginger bill and dark green narrow band. Tail feathers are much shorter. Juveniles have pink face with duller green narrow band. The bird usually frequent open green wide leaves forest such as peat swamp forests, second growth, mangrove swamps and lowland areas. They breed between December and July laying 2 or 3 eggs sized 30.6mm x 24.7 mm and nest in holes in tall trees 4 metres to 45 metres above the ground. They are found in Andaman Islands, Nicobar Islands and most of South-East Asia